Hacking your Series 2 DTivo just got a WHOLE lot easier...

[danny7481]

i plan on using the original drive in my tivo's, do i still need to buy instantcake cd.
also, do i have to buy 2? i got a samsung s4040r and a phillips dsr708.

[Finnstang]

i plan on using the original drive in my tivo's, do i still need to buy instantcake cd.
also, do i have to buy 2? i got a samsung s4040r and a phillips dsr708.
If your existing DTiVo is running 6.2, just make a backup of that to use as your image. All you need to buy, is the LBA48 boot cd ($5). You can use the backed up image for both DTiVos you want to Zipper.

[danny7481]

i bought the LBA48 boot cd, but it only gave me 1 file, where do i get the vmlinux_.gz?
also the 000001 file is that already on my d'tivo? those are the only 2 files im missing.

[ttodd1]

Per the directions - did you burn the file to a cd? That is where you will find the files.

[SteelersFan]

i bought the LBA48 boot cd, but it only gave me 1 file, where do i get the vmlinux_.gz?
also the 000001 file is that already on my d'tivo? those are the only 2 files im missing.
From the Zipper instructions:
Copy the hacked kernel from the PTV Boot CD. It is located in /s2_kernels/3.1.5/VMLINUX_.GZ. A good
explanation of how kernels relate to Tivo software is here.

A software image, if you want the script to install the image for you. Regardless of what image you use, it
must be named 000001 which is what it's named on the Instantcake CD.

[danny7481]

the file that i got from the boot cd i bought? no i havent yet

[kimsan]

The zipper is in simplest terms the automation of my guide and the installation of Russ' script.
It's meant for novices and veterans alike. Novices wanting to learn should of course do everything by hand and there are plenty of resources available for that at DDB. :)

Gunny,

May I lend a voice defending your position?

You and Russ have accomplished your goal. I would not have bothered (and hadn't in the past) were it not for the simplicity and automation provided by "The Zipper".

What I've learned and accomplished beyond that is because *I wanted to and did the research*.

You provide a simple key to the kingdom. A key that stays on the TCF side of the line.

There's a wealth of riches on the DDB side of the line, but you wisely choose to simply open the door.

Thank you.

[SteelersFan]

Gunny,

May I lend a voice defending your position?

You and Russ have accomplished your goal. I would not have bothered (and hadn't in the past) were it not for the simplicity and automation provided by "The Zipper".

What I've learned and accomplished beyond that is because *I wanted to and did the research*.

You provide a simple key to the kingdom. A key that stays on the TCF side of the line.

There's a wealth of riches on the DDB side of the line, but you wisely choose to simply open the door.

Thank you.
Well said. I bet this describes the situation of a lot of us here.
Gunny & Russ - Thanks again! You guys are simply the best! And, may I say, Congratulations on 4000 and counting. :up:

[danny7481]

From the Zipper instructions:
Copy the hacked kernel from the PTV Boot CD. It is located in /s2_kernels/3.1.5/VMLINUX_.GZ. A good
explanation of how kernels relate to Tivo software is here.

A software image, if you want the script to install the image for you. Regardless of what image you use, it
must be named 000001 which is what it's named on the Instantcake CD.


i see that i dont need the 000001 file, since i dont need a script installed.
copy the hacked kernel from the PTV boot cd, what exactly is a kernel?

[Gunnyman]

if you read the zipper instruction page, there is an explanation for all of this.

[danny7481]

if you read the zipper instruction page, there is an explanation for all of this.
ive read it, but i will read it again, 10 times if i have too, just to make sure i understand everything, thank you for the help

[CopyCat]

if you read the zipper instruction page, there is an explanation for all of this.
:up:

I can only report another successful Philips 7000 zippered at my house, great application and great support.

Thanks guys

PS: Gunnyman << why didn't you ping me when you were over this way for the holidays ? Cosmic Jack's Hotdogs is right down the street and they do serve cold brew

:D

[Gunnyman]

I woulda coulda shoulda man.
There IS a Tivo meet in Charleston in May brewing though check the meets forum for the details.

[Markman07]

Is there anything I can check or anything I can do to prevent the random reboot when doing something in TWP. It isn't just one module. For instance today I made a few minor changes to my Daily-Express config using the editor right within TWP. As soon as I clicked Save. It rebooted the TIVO. It has happened a few times on different modules throughout. With this one this has happened twice now in the last three days.

Other Reboots --
- Rebooted when I made changes to my Channels Prefs FAvorities. list. Clicked Save. Boom
- Rebooted when I was editing Season Passes.
- a few others I can remember (over last 10 days )

So I would say of the 90% of the times it reboots the Tivo it is when I am clicking Save or Submit in TWP.

As far as I know the TIVO has never rebooted by itself when I wasn't using TWP (besides the scheduled CRON job)

[Doctor_K]

I didn't find this answer here after searching this thread, so I'm going to share what I found to be the answer with help from rbautch.

You must access the TiVo with a serial connection or use another "working" usb adapter.

The USB200MV2 must be added to the file in the
/etc/hotplug/usb.map
Jamie's backported drivers must be installed first. (You must have answered yes to adding the USB2.0 drivers in the Zipper enhancemant script)

Find the section for the ax8817x driver and edit the file to add the product line for the USB200MV2
device ax8817x
product 13b1 0018 Linksys USB200MV2

[MartyBoy00]

I would love to say "Last Question" but I doubt it will be. My network is up and running great... and I am just in awe of you guys... (I am learning some Linux so I can pick up some of this for myself).... I have a couple of questions, but 1 I "can't talk about here"... hehe... the other... Now Playing list goes blank quite a bit... it comes back... but is there something I can do to make it stop going away? Everything else is over the top awesome.. I have to admit, I wanted this functionality 3 years ago and had pretty much given up on it... So Kudos sqaured to both of you... Earlier, I read a post saying that you should "let people learn"... whatever... you have given me a great gift and shown me the possibilities.. and that inspired me to learn more... I agree with one of the responses that I would not have if it had been overly complicated... so thanks for the gift of wanting to learn!!! You should be teachers... that are paid well.. :)

[ttodd1]

Now Playing list goes blank quite a bit... it comes back... but is there something I can do to make it stop going away?

The second section should help with your question:

http://www.thewallens.net/Zipperwiki/index.php?title=Troubleshooting

[TechniKal]

Do Zippered Tivos auto-update? I noticed today that I have the 'Hackman' option on Tivowebplus that I don't remember seeing there before. I didn't add it. Does Zipper check for updates and automatically pull them down?

[BigBearf]

This is my first post. I have been looking at the board and I think that I am ready to try the zipper on my SD freeby that I just got. I have an old pc that I can use for the linux part however I have gone to Macs in the past 2-3 years. I need to know if I can burn and telnet using a mac. I noticed that the disk needs to be burned using Joliet format and I am unfamiliar with that. Please let me know any thoughts
Thanks,
BigBearf

[brota]

I am trying to use the zipper with the 6.2 image I purchased. I have a dsr704
I keep getting the message that there is not enough space I have tried a 30 and 40 gig drive(not the original drive).
I need one tivo with low space as this will just be a mrv receiver for my other tivos.
Any ideas would be helpful

Thank You
Brian

[starbiker99]

I am trying to use the zipper with the 6.2 image I purchased. I have a dsr704
I keep getting the message that there is not enough space I have tried a 30 and 40 gig drive(not the original drive).
I need one tivo with low space as this will just be a mrv receiver for my other tivos.
Any ideas would be helpful

Thank You
Brian

I believe the drive must be larger than what the orinal drive size was. So you probably need an 80 GB. I had the same issue with a 40 GB. I switched to an 80 GB and it worked fine.

[Finnstang]

I believe the drive must be larger than what the orinal drive size was. So you probably need an 80 GB. I had the same issue with a 40 GB. I switched to an 80 GB and it worked fine.
It doesn't have to be bigger, it just needs to be at least as large. Not all 40 GB drives are exactly the same size. There are slight variations that can cause an image to work fine on one 40GB drive but not another. One thing you can do, is while restoring the image to the new drive, don't use the -s 127 and leave the x out of the -zxpi. That is how I got one of mine to work, if you search over in the image begging thread in never never land, there is a 62small.mfs image on emule that will fit on any drive 2 GB and larger I believe.

[RxMan]

I finally got zipper done after many tries. Not sure what all of the problems were before. This morning I checked to see if fakecall had run. It showed a successful call at 10:20pm. This is with no phone line in. I thought it was supposed to to run at 3am.

[willardcpa]

I finally got zipper done after many tries. Not sure what all of the problems were before. This morning I checked to see if fakecall had run. It showed a successful call at 10:20pm. This is with no phone line in. I thought it was supposed to to run at 3am.You must be in Central Time Zone, mine runs at 8:20pm. So yours is fine.

[ttodd1]

I finally got zipper done after many tries. Not sure what all of the problems were before. This morning I checked to see if fakecall had run. It showed a successful call at 10:20pm. This is with no phone line in. I thought it was supposed to to run at 3am.


http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3492171&&#post3492171

[kudron]

Been running fine for a few weeks now, thanks Gunny and rbautch.

I noticed that for the past several days I have no caller ID.

I am able to telnet and ftp into the tivo, but TWP is not running. When I enter TWP, I get "/enhancements/TWPrunc.sh: /var/hack/tivowebplus/tivoweb: no such file or directory.

Do I have to uninstall zipper and re-install it?

[tall1]

You must be in Central Time Zone, mine runs at 8:20pm. So yours is fine.My last call was at the same GMT on Feb. 20 at 10:20pm for both my HDVR2 and HDTivo. Next call on my HDVR2 is Feb. 27 at 9:20pm but on my HD Tivo next call is Feb. 21 at 6pm. Fakecall doesn't seem to be bumping it by 7 days?

[rbautch]

Do Zippered Tivos auto-update? I noticed today that I have the 'Hackman' option on Tivowebplus that I don't remember seeing there before. I didn't add it. Does Zipper check for updates and automatically pull them down? No it doesn't. Hackman no longer gets installed by default, but if you run the enhancement script more than once, it does.

[rbautch]

Been running fine for a few weeks now, thanks Gunny and rbautch.

I noticed that for the past several days I have no caller ID.

I am able to telnet and ftp into the tivo, but TWP is not running. When I enter TWP, I get "/enhancements/TWPrunc.sh: /var/hack/tivowebplus/tivoweb: no such file or directory.

Do I have to uninstall zipper and re-install it?
Sounds like var got wiped (it happens). No need to re-run the zipper. Run the uninstall script, then run hack.sh again. It will download the lastest version of the enhancement script, which will install TWP in root instead of var.

[kudron]

Sounds like var got wiped (it happens). No need to re-run the zipper. Run the uninstall script, then run hack.sh again. It will download the lastest version of the enhancement script, which will install TWP in root instead of var.

When I run tweak.sh I get an error message after wget: www.mastersav.com stating unknown host.

[brota]

It doesn't have to be bigger, it just needs to be at least as large. Not all 40 GB drives are exactly the same size. There are slight variations that can cause an image to work fine on one 40GB drive but not another. One thing you can do, is while restoring the image to the new drive, don't use the -s 127 and leave the x out of the -zxpi. That is how I got one of mine to work, if you search over in the image begging thread in never never land, there is a 62small.mfs image on emule that will fit on any drive 2 GB and larger I believe.

I found the 62small.mfs and it worked great thank you!!! :up:
Can someone tell me what is the difference between the image I purchased and the one I downloaded?

I have a question about MRV. Can I share shows with the DVD-R tivo? I would like to be able to transfer a show to a stand alone and then burn to dvd if I feel the need.

Thank You
Brian

[rharms]

I am getting ready to use to hack my tivo box. I bought the instantcake cd and boot cd. I would like to use two 120GB drives (instead of my old single 40GB). How do I deal with the fact that I want two drives? Do I first hack a single drive and then expand or the other way around?

[dfk70]

I am getting ready to use to hack my tivo box. I bought the instantcake cd and boot cd. I would like to use two 120GB drives (instead of my old single 40GB). How do I deal with the fact that I want two drives? Do I first hack a single drive and then expand or the other way around?

http://tivo.upgrade-instructions.com

The easiest way to do it.

[scalo]

I am having problems with zippering my (2) 250GB Drives. I have (2) brand new out of the box drives, I connected the first one and loaded the new image from PTV and ran the zipper and at the end everything said success, yet when I hook it to my D*Tivo SD-DVR40 I get stuck at the welcome Powering Up screen. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Scott

[Finnstang]

I found the 62small.mfs and it worked great thank you!!! :up:
Can someone tell me what is the difference between the image I purchased and the one I downloaded?
Thank You
Brian
Alphawolf at DDB made a special backup of DTiVo that does not include alot of the database. When the DTiVo boots the first time, it will rebuild the missing database and make itself whole again. Also, if you have a DTiVo with RID, the model number will show up incorrectly in the System Info screen.

[kudron]

When I run tweak.sh I get an error message after wget: www.mastersav.com stating unknown host.

Anyone??

[dkchandler]

I can not find this in any thread, but what folder/partition contains is the .tivo (movie) files????

Thanks,
DC

[Gunnyman]

Anyone??
is you tivo blocked from the internet? Maybe in your router's settings?

[Gunnyman]

I can not find this in any thread, but what folder/partition contains is the .tivo (movie) files????

Thanks,
DC
MFS starts at hda10
but you won't be able to mount/view that partition.

[scalo]

I am having problems with zippering my (2) 250GB Drives. I have (2) brand new out of the box drives, I connected the first one and loaded the new image from PTV and ran the zipper and at the end everything said success, yet when I hook it to my D*Tivo SD-DVR40 I get stuck at the welcome Powering Up screen. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Scott
Do I have to format these drives to anything special or can I just take them out of the box and zipper them??
Thanks

[Gunnyman]

no prep is required.
Check the JUMPERS on the drive.

[pendragn]

Do I have to format these drives to anything special or can I just take them out of the box and zipper them??
Thanks
Restoring the image from PTVupgrades should be enough. Like Gunny said, check your jumpers. The "Powering Up" screen is a lot like your computer's BIOS screen. If your TiVo hangs there, it's more likely a hardware issue (like the harddrive not being jumpered correctly and not showing up) than a software issue (like a corrupted hard drive).

If you have a Western Digital drive, it should be jumpered as "Single" or "Master - no slave." If it's not Western Digital "Master" should be fine.

tk

[dkchandler]

MFS starts at hda10
but you won't be able to mount/view that partition.

Will tyserver allow access?? There has got to be a way to access that partition.

[scalo]

Restoring the image from PTVupgrades should be enough. Like Gunny said, check your jumpers. The "Powering Up" screen is a lot like your computer's BIOS screen. If your TiVo hangs there, it's more likely a hardware issue (like the harddrive not being jumpered correctly and not showing up) than a software issue (like a corrupted hard drive).

If you have a Western Digital drive, it should be jumpered as "Single" or "Master - no slave." If it's not Western Digital "Master" should be fine.

tk
Thanks for the info I will check that when I get home. And thanks Gunny for the Zipper!! and just FYI the drives are Seagate 250GB

[Gunnyman]

Will tyserver allow access?? There has got to be a way to access that partition.

not allowed to discuss that here.

[kudron]

is you tivo blocked from the internet? Maybe in your router's settings?

Not to my knowledge. Although I will read up on it.

[kudron]

Not to my knowledge. Although I will read up on it.

In doing some more testing, I have found the following error message when trying to download the latest enhancement script:


Original unpatched tivoapp found in /tvbin. This takes up lots of space and may
interfere with running this script. Enter r to remove it, k to keep it, or e to
exit this this script now so you can FTP it to your PC. Enter r k or e here: k

Continuing...
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
wget: www.mastersav.com: Unknown host
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]: Make sure your Tivo is connect
ed to the internet, and
your network settings are correct. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory

At the point where it asks "Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]" I do not have a chance to answer y or n, the script just continues to run then exits.

[pdawg17]

I zippered my HR10-250 a few days ago and everything was great..now I noticed that the usb ports do not supply any power all of a sudden...I've rebooted several times with no luck...is it worth trying to rezipper or is it a hardware problem?

Edit: Well, I tried re-zippering but no luck...does re-zippering replace files that are there or do I need to delete certain folders first? If that doesn't work and I restore my original image and start over, do I lose all recordings or is there a way to keep them?

[brota]

Alphawolf at DDB made a special backup of DTiVo that does not include alot of the database. When the DTiVo boots the first time, it will rebuild the missing database and make itself whole again. Also, if you have a DTiVo with RID, the model number will show up incorrectly in the System Info screen.


Dumb question but what is RID?

[scalo]

Restoring the image from PTVupgrades should be enough. Like Gunny said, check your jumpers. The "Powering Up" screen is a lot like your computer's BIOS screen. If your TiVo hangs there, it's more likely a hardware issue (like the harddrive not being jumpered correctly and not showing up) than a software issue (like a corrupted hard drive).

If you have a Western Digital drive, it should be jumpered as "Single" or "Master - no slave." If it's not Western Digital "Master" should be fine.

tk
Had I read the troubleshooting page at the zipperwiki (http://www.thewallens.net/Zipperwiki/index.php?title=Troubleshooting) site I would have known this.

[Finnstang]

Dumb question but what is RID?
Receiver ID

For example take the Hughes Series 2 DTiVo models:

Hughes HDVR2 is not RID
Hughes SD-DVR40 is RID

My SD-DVR40 says it an RCA model in the System Info screen.

There are threads already about which ones have RID.

[Gunnyman]

and RID vs non RID doesn't mean anything hacking wise any more.
It was an issue when we were putting 4.01b on our DTivos.

[Gunnyman]

In doing some more testing, I have found the following error message when trying to download the latest enhancement script:


Original unpatched tivoapp found in /tvbin. This takes up lots of space and may
interfere with running this script. Enter r to remove it, k to keep it, or e to
exit this this script now so you can FTP it to your PC. Enter r k or e here: k

Continuing...
Downloading latest Enhancement script...
wget: www.mastersav.com: Unknown host
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]: Make sure your Tivo is connect
ed to the internet, and
your network settings are correct. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory

At the point where it asks "Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n]" I do not have a chance to answer y or n, the script just continues to run then exits.

read here http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3784068&&#post3784068

[pendragn]

Had I read the troubleshooting page at the zipperwiki (http://www.thewallens.net/Zipperwiki/index.php?title=Troubleshooting) site I would have known this.
That Gunny, wise beyond his years. :D

tk

[Gunnyman]

awwww shucks
:p

[Finnstang]

and RID vs non RID doesn't mean anything hacking wise any more.
It was an issue when we were putting 4.01b on our DTivos.
True dat.

[GBMD]

After hacking a fresh new hd several times, when I put it into the Tivo (Hughes HDVR 2) it will not boot up. Shows only "Welcome..."
I have tried using the InstantCake only and it works perfectly. When I put it back in the unit everything works fine. But when I take the hd out and run the Zipper and put it back , it won't boot up.
After I ran the Zipper last time, at the end I saw "Hughes HR-10..". (I should have written it down). Then I checked the PTV website for the LBA48 boot disk and it does not list the Hughes HDVR 2 as one of the recommended units. Do I need to use a differant boot disk (Kernel)?
I'm tired of watching "Welcome. Powering up..."

[Gunnyman]

is your instantcake image 6.2 or 3.xx?
IF your tivo is being recognized as a HR10-250 by the zipper, then it isn't running 6.2
I think you have the wrong instant cake image.

[Gunnyman]

True dat.

Double True :)

[HUGE2U]

One final problem and I am solid. I solved (with much assistance) the tivoapp issue, but now joe will not run. I have uninstalled and re-nstalled several times, checked the rc.sysinit.author file but I cannot figure it out. Joe is in the /enhancements dir, and I can run it if I am in that dir, but no where else. If I try joe anywhere else I get "Bus error". I have searched but cannot figure it out.

Thanks,


HUGE

[scalo]

Ok I got my drives zippered and running....now I am getting choppy sound, this is a Seagate 250GB in an SD-DVR40.
Thanks
Scott

[brota]

Receiver ID

For example take the Hughes Series 2 DTiVo models:

Hughes HDVR2 is not RID
Hughes SD-DVR40 is RID

My SD-DVR40 says it an RCA model in the System Info screen.

There are threads already about which ones have RID.

All my tivos that use 6.2 are dsr704 and HDVR2


Thanks again

[tivoupgrade]

The only receipt I have is the one from PayPal. Should I have recieved one from ptvupgrade?

I will email lou right now.

Thanks Gunny.

did you end up getting your download and/or link?

we had an outage on Sunday that was entirely the fault of our hosting provider. apparently, in their infinite wisdom, they took their nameservers offline for maintenance, and for a period of about 8 hours, our dedicated server could not resolve any hostnames. as a result, a bunch of orders could not be placed (our server could not connect to verisign to clear credit card transactions) and the ones that were placed (paypal orders) the server could not connect to the mail servers to send links. we attempted to regenerate links for all successfully placed orders on Sunday evening, so hopefully you got yours.

if you did not, please PM me, or send an email to our helpdesk through the contact form on our main site.

thx and sorry for the inconvenience.

Lou

[llurkin]

Gunnyman..

Your Zipper is UP!

When I was young, a missing period could cause all sorts of concerns. I never thought that a misplaced comma could cause a similar result when you get older..;)

Funny what a clean drive, and a new image will allow your process to do!

Just Bloody Awesome!

Thanks

[stringmun]

I want to say hats off to Gunnyman and Rbautch, two of the GREATEST Tivo developers on the planet. I can't tell you how much yall have changed my life with all your work. Thank you for all you've done to the Tivo world, it will never be the same again.

Now for my simple problem. I am a newbie to Linux so forgive me if my question seems like a simple problem. The only experience I have with Linux is what Ive learned in the past few weeks adding Gunnyman's and Rbautch's hacks and finding linux commands through forums. So I'm very limited in my knowledge. I have a series 2 Tivo and have recently applied the Zipper and Rbautch's Enhancements.
My question is I run the setSSIDwep.tcl and I choose key 1, I reboot and all is ok. I can connect to my Tivo with no problems. However, when I reboot my Tivo I lose all wep settings. The only way I can connect is to remove the wep key from my router then I can connect fine again. But if I run setSSIDweb.tcl again and reboot it keeps the wep settings until the next time it reboots. I'm clueless as to how this started or how to fix it. Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.

[galewis]

I'm posting at the request of David Platt who helped me by putting a new hacked image on a new, larger hard drive for my HDVR2. He says that he used Gunnyman's Zipper. I'm hoping he'll follow this thread (I've emailed him) because I wasn't in on the initial installation of the software. I can execute commands, but he'd be the one to answer any questions about the initial install back in mid-February.

Shortly after that initial install, I had a spontaneous reboot that wiped out at least a part of the /var partion (no tivowebplus directory). Thought it was a fluke and so put TWP back. Then a couple of nights ago I was watching something before going to bed and POOF! another reboot. When it happened I thought, "Hm. Wonder if it wiped the /var partition again?" Sure enough, that's what happened. This time, however, it seems to be more drastic. I don't seem to have most of the common commands I need to do stuff. I can't "ls" to view the contents of a directory. TivoWebPlus is of course gone. And I can't perform the following command to install TWP:

gzip -dc < tivowebplus-1.2.1.tar.gz | tar xf -

All I get is:

HDVR2-TiVo# gzip -dc < tivowebplus-1.2.1.tar.gz | tar xf -

bash: tar: command not found

Broken pipe

I do still have telnet and FTP.

Once I get things working again, you can bet your bottom dollar I'll be making a backup of /var. But until then, any advice?

Thanks.

PS. Sorry if the answer is somewhere in the 136 pages of this thread... hope you understand why I'm reticent to wade through it all.

[Gunnyman]

hmm
check for the existance of /busybox on your tivo.
if it isn't there, then download tivotools.tar.rar un tar it and ftp the folder back to tivo and put it in /busybox.
if /busybox IS there, then somehow your path statement got wiped out of the rc.sysinit.author file.

[galewis]

Thanks for the reply, Gunnyman.

/busybox is intact, so that appears to be good news.

The path to /busybox does seem to be in the rc.sysinit.author file, which is strange:


#!/bin/bash
#
# /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author
# generated by hackman
# Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 07:20 AM, local time
#
## ~~ Start of user section ~~ ##
# (Don't edit the ~'s and #'s!) #

### ~~ End of user section ~~ ###

# Start of hackman item generation
#
# Starting the TiVo Telnet application:
if test -f /sbin/tnlited
then
/sbin/tnlited 23 /bin/bash -login > /dev/console &
fi
#
# Starting the TiVo FTP application:
if test -f /busybox/tivoftpd
then
/busybox/tivoftpd &
fi
#
# Starting the TivoWeb application:
if test -f /var/hack/tivowebplus/tivoweb
then
/var/hack/tivowebplus/tivoweb &
fi
#
# Starting the cron Scheduler application:
if test -f /busybox/crond
then
/busybox/crond &
fi
#
# Starting the EndPadPlus application:
if test -f /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl
then
/enhancements/endpadplus.tcl 1 2 -seq -auto >> /dev/null &
fi
#
echo '/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author generated by hackman completed'
#


Did Hackman mess something up?

I'm spooked to reboot for fear that I'll lose FTP and/or telnet....

[Gunnyman]

yep if that's your whole author file, hackman (or something) took your path statement.
easy enough to put back.
if your're comfortable with vi you can edit the author file in place,
if not, ftp it to your pc, edit it in metapad or another unix friendly txt editor and ftp it back.

this is a good "virgin" author file:
#!/bin/bash
export TIVO_ROOT=""
export MFS_DEVICE=/dev/hda10
export PATH=./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox
# start telnet
tnlited 23 /bin/bash -login &
# start ftp
tivoftpd
# Enable Serial bash
/bin/bash </dev/ttyS2&> /dev/ttyS2&
# add two static routes so the tivo doesn't phone home (stops breakage)
route add -host 204.176.49.2 gw 127.0.0.1
route add -net 204.176.49.0 gw 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0

[galewis]

Okay, in retrospect the messed-up rc.sysinit.author is probably my fault.

I just assumed that Hackman would more intelligently adapt the existing rc.sysinit.author file rather than just wiping it out and starting over. I should have more carefully looked at its changes before committing to them.

So this is the state of the file now:


#!/bin/bash
#
# /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author
# generated by hackman
# Thursday, February 23, 2006, 09:12 AM, local time
#
## ~~ Start of user section ~~ ##
# (Don't edit the ~'s and #'s!) #
export TIVO_ROOT=""
export MFS_DEVICE=/dev/hda10
export PATH=./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox
# Enable Serial bash
/bin/bash </dev/ttyS2&> /dev/ttyS2&
# add two static routes so the tivo doesn't phone home (stops breakage)
route add -host 204.176.49.2 gw 127.0.0.1
route add -net 204.176.49.0 gw 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
### ~~ End of user section ~~ ###

# Start of hackman item generation
#
# Starting the TiVo Telnet application:
if test -f /sbin/tnlited
then
/sbin/tnlited 23 /bin/bash -login > /dev/console &
fi
#
# Starting the TiVo FTP application:
if test -f /busybox/tivoftpd
then
/busybox/tivoftpd &
fi
#
# Starting the TivoWeb application:
if test -f /var/hacks/tivowebplus/tivoweb
then
/var/hacks/tivowebplus/tivoweb &
fi
#
# Starting the EndPadPlus application:
if test -f /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl
then
/enhancements/endpadplus.tcl 1 2 -seq -auto >> /dev/null &
fi
#
echo '/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author generated by hackman completed'
#


Does this look more as it should to you? Any other comments?

Still not sure what's causing the random reboots, but I'm off to make a backup of /var (and a few other things) as I send this....

Thanks for your help!

[Gunnyman]

Okay, in retrospect the messed-up rc.sysinit.author is probably my fault.

I just assumed that Hackman would more intelligently adapt the existing rc.sysinit.author file rather than just wiping it out and starting over. I should have more carefully looked at its changes before committing to them.

So this is the state of the file now:


#!/bin/bash
#
# /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author
# generated by hackman
# Thursday, February 23, 2006, 09:12 AM, local time
#
## ~~ Start of user section ~~ ##
# (Don't edit the ~'s and #'s!) #
export TIVO_ROOT=""
export MFS_DEVICE=/dev/hda10
export PATH=./:.:/utils:/bin:/sbin:/tvbin:/tivobin:/busybox
# Enable Serial bash
/bin/bash </dev/ttyS2&> /dev/ttyS2&
# add two static routes so the tivo doesn't phone home (stops breakage)
route add -host 204.176.49.2 gw 127.0.0.1
route add -net 204.176.49.0 gw 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
### ~~ End of user section ~~ ###

# Start of hackman item generation
#
# Starting the TiVo Telnet application:
if test -f /sbin/tnlited
then
/sbin/tnlited 23 /bin/bash -login > /dev/console &
fi
#
# Starting the TiVo FTP application:
if test -f /busybox/tivoftpd
then
/busybox/tivoftpd &
fi
#
# Starting the TivoWeb application:
if test -f /var/hacks/tivowebplus/tivoweb
then
/var/hacks/tivowebplus/tivoweb &
fi
#
# Starting the EndPadPlus application:
if test -f /enhancements/endpadplus.tcl
then
/enhancements/endpadplus.tcl 1 2 -seq -auto >> /dev/null &
fi
#
echo '/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author generated by hackman completed'
#


Does this look more as it should to you? Any other comments?

Still not sure what's causing the random reboots, but I'm off to make a backup of /var (and a few other things) as I send this....

Thanks for your help!

Looks fine.

[dkchandler]

Hey guys,

I screwed up, before I read the warnings about editing the /var/tvbin/AlmostThere.png file I replaced it with a 1024x768 png.
Now my DTivo reboots when it hits the splash screen.
It there any way to stop the boot process and edit the file via serial connection (Bash)????
Or will I have to remove the hard drive to cure this one????
It is amazing how one little file can jack up your whole TiVo world.

Thanks,

DC

[rbautch]

Hey guys,

I screwed up, before I read the warnings about editing the /var/tvbin/AlmostThere.png file I replaced it with a 1024x768 png.
Now my DTivo reboots when it hits the splash screen.
It there any way to stop the boot process and edit the file via serial connection (Bash)????
Or will I have to remove the hard drive to cure this one????
It is amazing how one little file can jack up your whole TiVo world.

Thanks,

DCBeen there, done that. Have to pull the drive.

[rbautch]

I want to say hats off to Gunnyman and Rbautch, two of the GREATEST Tivo developers on the planet. I can't tell you how much yall have changed my life with all your work. Thank you for all you've done to the Tivo world, it will never be the same again.

Now for my simple problem. I am a newbie to Linux so forgive me if my question seems like a simple problem. The only experience I have with Linux is what Ive learned in the past few weeks adding Gunnyman's and Rbautch's hacks and finding linux commands through forums. So I'm very limited in my knowledge. I have a series 2 Tivo and have recently applied the Zipper and Rbautch's Enhancements.
My question is I run the setSSIDwep.tcl and I choose key 1, I reboot and all is ok. I can connect to my Tivo with no problems. However, when I reboot my Tivo I lose all wep settings. The only way I can connect is to remove the wep key from my router then I can connect fine again. But if I run setSSIDweb.tcl again and reboot it keeps the wep settings until the next time it reboots. I'm clueless as to how this started or how to fix it. Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance. There are a few lines the the author file that run the network script with your initial IP settings (without WEP), and those lines are supposed to get deleted after the first reboot. Sounds like yours did not get deleted. Edit you author file to remove the lines that start with something like:
########## One time network setup ##################

I'll investigate to see if there is a problem there.

[stringmun]

Thank you Rbautch for responding to my question so quickly.
It used to work for the first week with no probs. In my piddling around while trying to fix my WEP problem I saw that what you are talking about in the file a few days ago and removed it already thinking (hoping) thats what the problem was. Unfortuntly it did not fix my problem. I still lose my WEP settings. Is there possibly a corrupt file I can go delete and rebuild?

[rbautch]

Run tivosh /enhancements/net-status.tcl and post the results.

[TC_Greek]

Just found this thread and can't believe what I see. I've been running fine on my modded HDVR2 which is running the 4x software. I have the Tivo Desktop installed on my PC and have access from the Tivo to the PC to view music and photo's but the desktop is prompting me for a media access key when I attempt to view tivo programs (any ideas)??? Anyway the question is. Can I easily upgrade my modded HDVR2 from it's current version to 6.2 using the zipper? I also have a HR10-250 currently running the stock 3.15.5f.2.357 software version which I would love to upgrade if possible. I really miss having folders and all the other cool things... THANKS

[Gunnyman]

Tivodesktop TTG is for 7.xx only
as for easily going to 6.xx with the zipper, not easily done because part of the 4.xx install disabled automatic updates.
Look for delanaves excellent guide for going to 6.2 with slices. as for HDTivo, sorry, you're stuck with 3.xx until dtv decides to release 6.x for HDTivo

[stringmun]

Run tivosh /enhancements/net-status.tcl and post the results.

Ok Rbautch here is the net-status.tcl
The following IP parameters are now set in MFS:
IP address is currently set to: 192.168.1.100
Default gateway is currently set to: 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask is currently set to: 255.255.255.0
DNS Server is currently set to: 192.168.1.1
DHCP is off
Wireless Parameters:
SSID is currently set to: TNDHOUSE
WEP is disabled

[GBMD]

is your instantcake image 6.2 or 3.xx?
IF your tivo is being recognized as a HR10-250 by the zipper, then it isn't running 6.2
I think you have the wrong instant cake image.
Wow! You were exactly right! I had problems when I originally downloaded the file from PTV and I ended up with the 3.xx file. I am disappointed though with PTV. I tried to resolve the issue and only got automated e-mail responses. I finally had to purchase the correct file (another 20 bucks).
Anyway enough whining, everything seems to be working perfectly now. But I still have 2 questions.
1) Who do I send my first born child to?
2) Is there a manual any where to tell me how to use some of the new features on my Tivo?
Thanks again.
GBMD

[Gunnyman]

1) first born child old enough for household chores?
2) check tivoweb.sourceforge.net read the heck out of deal database.com also check the readme from the zipper file posted in all its glory at the wiki linked in my signature.

[GBMD]

Everythins working perfectly, but I lost my local channels.
How do I get them back???

[scalo]

Missing channels lower than 100 (your local channels)
Call 1800directv (1-800-347-3288) and access extension 721 which will reenable the channels.
Try this

[Finnstang]

Everythins working perfectly, but I lost my local channels.
How do I get them back???
Or wait a day or so and they come back automatically.

[dragonslayer]

I followed the instruction exactly as it say on the website to install the zipper. when I try to run the "sh zipper.sh" It tell me that I dont have tivotools.tar file on the tool disk, I checked and over checked to make sure I don't have tivotools.tar.rar, nope I have tivotools.tar on the cd, Yes I have made sure I burn the CD in Joliet mode not ISO. am I suppose to "mv"all the file to HD, somebody please help me.

[Gunnyman]

what did you use to unpack tivotools.tar.rar?

[BK89]

Hey guys. I would love to hack both of my DirecTivo's but I also love NFL Sunday Ticket. I noticed you need to disconnect the telephone line. If I hack, would I lose the ability to get my football fix? (sorry if this has been asked, tried a search).

[Gunnyman]

nope and as long as you set everything up to it's defaults, you can leave the line plugged in.
Many many many people have Sunday Ticket with no phone line.

[BK89]

Sounds good. What do you mean by defaults, though? I would like to enable MRV...So I know I will need to get the usb to ethernet adapter to share over the network. So how does the phone line fit in? I thought you would have to disconnect and update via network instead...

[ttodd1]

We have NFLST with no phone line and the DTivo hacked - no problem. You don't get anymore updates - not that there will be anymore. Phone line is for caller id or remote PPV if you want it.

[BK89]

Sweet! Thanks for the help and thanks for making this possible.

[stringmun]

Run tivosh /enhancements/net-status.tcl and post the results.

Ok all seems fixed. My WEP is working perfect now. I had thought I had rem'd out the ###### in my author file and apparently it really wasnt rem'd out. I deleted it instead and now it works.
Thanks for your help, If you ever need computer advice lemme know, I ll be glad to return the favor.

[tall1]

Title says it all. After a week of tweak I think I bashed my zipper on my HD Tivo. I can't telnet any longer. I am connected with an FA120 and I was modifying my author file. I have done this before using Joe on my HDVR2 and no problems. Do I need to re-zipper or can I use a serial cable or crossover cable to access my hacks? If I do access my tivo with one of these methods, will I automatically get a bash prompt? Sorry, kinda in the dark here. Thanks guys.

[pendragn]

Title says it all. After a week of tweak I think I bashed my zipper on my HD Tivo. I can't telnet any longer. I am connected with an FA120 and I was modifying my author file. I have done this before using Joe on my HDVR2 and no problems. Do I need to re-zipper or can I use a serial cable or crossover cable to access my hacks? If I do access my tivo with one of these methods, will I automatically get a bash prompt? Sorry, kinda in the dark here. Thanks guys.
I've had this happen to me a few times. Every time it was because when I edited the .author file it lost its +X attribute. The fix was as easy as dropping the drive into a machine and "chmod 777 rc.sysinit.author".

tk

[tall1]

I've had this happen to me a few times. Every time it was because when I edited the .author file it lost its +X attribute. The fix was as easy as dropping the drive into a machine and "chmod 777 rc.sysinit.author".

tkBummer. I was hoping to avoid pulling the drive. So is there anyway to prevent this from happening again? Can I check permissions after saving the author file and make sure it is set to 777 ? or if I lose +x, that is just the risk you run when editing the author file?

[pendragn]

Bummer. I was hoping to avoid pulling the drive. So is there anyway to prevent this from happening again? Can I check permissions after saving the author file and make sure it is set to 777 ? or if I lose +x, that is just the risk you run when editing the author file?
You can certainly check or change the permissions after you save it. Everything will be find until you reboot. It's happened to me often enough that I just re CHMOD it every time I edit it. I'm not certain exactly what the steps are that removes the +x, I just know it happens after I edit it sometimes.

tk

[Finnstang]

Did you edit it via bash, or did you ftp it to a pc and then modify it? After you edit it in either case, you should be able to check permissions of the file to make sure it is 777 before rebooting, and you should be able to avoid what happened.

[tall1]

Did you edit it via bash, or did you ftp it to a pc and then modify it? After you edit it in either case, you should be able to check permissions of the file to make sure it is 777 before rebooting, and you should be able to avoid what happened.Ahhh, this time I edited it with Ultra Edit. I had previously used Joe and had no problems. Ok, makes sense now. So there isn't a way to avoid pulling the drive and booting into linux to run "chmod 777 rc.sysinit.author"? I have a weaknees bracket that is a pain to pull out of my HDTivo.

[CharlieHoff]

I used the $5 Boot cd, created the tools CD successfully (I think)., and got so far as to " telnet -t vt100 <tivoaddress>" in the instructions. This appears to have worked, as I got the bash prompt.

I then entered "cd /hacks"
and then "sh tweak.sh"

That script ran, I think OK, but when it ran rbautch hacked tivo enhancements, I think something went wrong.

I got a message "Checking your Telnet settings, continue (Y/N), and whichever choice I make, I then get a message "Your TELNET client is adding extra line feeds, causing this script to fail. No Problem, just re-run the script again using "additional Directions for Windows XP users", or use a different client".

Well, I'm using Win 98, not XP on the box I'm using to make the telnet, and using the Windows telnet.... if not that, what is recommended?"

Or...

Where do I find "additional directions for Win XP users?"

Any help in getting past this would really be appreciated.

[Finnstang]

Ahhh, this time I edited it with Ultra Edit. I had previously used Joe and had no problems. Ok, makes sense now. So there isn't a way to avoid pulling the drive and booting into linux to run "chmod 777 rc.sysinit.author"? I have a weaknees bracket that is a pain to pull out of my HDTivo.
When files are FTP'd back to the TiVo, it usually screws up the permissions. Unfortunately, you need to hook the drive back up to your pc to change it.

[tall1]

I used the $5 Boot cd, created the tools CD successfully (I think)., and got so far as to " telnet -t vt100 <tivoaddress>" in the instructions. This appears to have worked, as I got the bash prompt.

I then entered "cd /hacks"
and then "sh tweak.sh"

That script ran, I think OK, but when it ran rbautch hacked tivo enhancements, I think something went wrong.

I got a message "Checking your Telnet settings, continue (Y/N), and whichever choice I make, I then get a message "Your TELNET client is adding extra line feeds, causing this script to fail. No Problem, just re-run the script again using "additional Directions for Windows XP users", or use a different client".

Well, I'm using Win 98, not XP on the box I'm using to make the telnet, and using the Windows telnet.... if not that, what is recommended?"

Or...

Where do I find "additional directions for Win XP users?"

Any help in getting past this would really be appreciated.Charlie, try this:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3755926&&#post3755926

[Finnstang]

I used the $5 Boot cd, created the tools CD successfully (I think)., and got so far as to " telnet -t vt100 <tivoaddress>" in the instructions. This appears to have worked, as I got the bash prompt.

I then entered "cd /hacks"
and then "sh tweak.sh"

That script ran, I think OK, but when it ran rbautch hacked tivo enhancements, I think something went wrong.

I got a message "Checking your Telnet settings, continue (Y/N), and whichever choice I make, I then get a message "Your TELNET client is adding extra line feeds, causing this script to fail. No Problem, just re-run the script again using "additional Directions for Windows XP users", or use a different client".

Well, I'm using Win 98, not XP on the box I'm using to make the telnet, and using the Windows telnet.... if not that, what is recommended?"

Or...

Where do I find "additional directions for Win XP users?"

Any help in getting past this would really be appreciated.

At your DOS prompt, type:

telnet hit enter
unset crlf hit enter
o [ipaddress] hit enter

[tall1]

When files are FTP'd back to the TiVo, it usually screws up the permissions. Unfortunately, you need to hook the drive back up to your pc to change it.Thanks. I have a feeling this is the root of a couple other things that are not working because I did edit a couple other files with UE and some of the "special" features stopped working that were working before.

[pendragn]

Thanks. I have a feeling this is the root of a couple other things that are not working because I did edit a couple other files with UE and some of the "special" features stopped working that were working before.
As uncomfortable as it might be, your best bet is to edit the files on the TiVo with joe or vi. Once you get proficient with one it makes for less problems.

tk

[CharlieHoff]

Thanks guys.... that did it!

[tall1]

As uncomfortable as it might be, your best bet is to edit the files on the TiVo with joe or vi. Once you get proficient with one it makes for less problems.

tkYeah, I don't mind using either but thought UE was a nice alternative. Had I thought for a second that it was FTP'ng the file back and forth...makes sense now. Oh well, screwing stuff up forces me to learn. Thanks. Just ordered another HD Tivo so I will be zippering that one too. The value that the zipper/enhancement script adds made it so much easier for me to justify buying another HD Tivo. Thanks gunny/rbautch!

[pdawg17]

I just checked my kernel log file and here is something that keeps showing up:

Feb 24 11:56:45 (none) kernel: HDCP link failure due to i2c error
Feb 24 12:44:23 (none) kernel: NOT DVB PTS: 21 00 01 BD 00 00 01 BD
Feb 24 15:59:13 (none) kernel: 1 1 0 0
Feb 24 15:59:13 (none) kernel: - 0 1 0 0
Feb 24 15:59:24 (none) kernel: 1 1 0 0
Feb 24 15:59:24 (none) kernel: - 0 1 0 0
Feb 24 15:59:51 (none) kernel: 1 1 0 0
Feb 24 15:59:51 (none) kernel: - 0 1 0 0
Feb 24 16:01:51 (none) kernel: 1 1 0 0
Feb 24 16:01:51 (none) kernel: - 0 1 0 0
Feb 24 16:02:11 (none) kernel: 1 1 0 0
Feb 24 16:02:11 (none) kernel: - 0 1 0 0
Feb 24 16:12:57 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x3076c1e5
Feb 24 16:12:57 (none) kernel: Before = 0x3076c4be, After = 0x3076c4ec
Feb 24 16:12:57 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 16:26:44 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x315ff854
Feb 24 16:26:44 (none) kernel: Before = 0x314ae8c5, After = 0x314ae8f3
Feb 24 16:26:44 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 16:38:12 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x3941cfe2
Feb 24 16:38:12 (none) kernel: Before = 0x39420ce1, After = 0x39420d0f
Feb 24 16:38:12 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 16:45:53 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x3d8bbde2
Feb 24 16:45:53 (none) kernel: Before = 0x3d8bbfa3, After = 0x3d8bbfd1
Feb 24 16:45:53 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 16:47:02 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x4028c996
Feb 24 16:47:02 (none) kernel: Before = 0x4014088a, After = 0x401408b8
Feb 24 16:47:02 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 16:48:37 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x40e625bf
Feb 24 16:48:37 (none) kernel: Before = 0x40d179c8, After = 0x40d179f6
Feb 24 16:48:37 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 16:50:26 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x0243c907
Feb 24 16:50:26 (none) kernel: Before = 0x022eeba8, After = 0x022eebd6
Feb 24 16:50:26 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 17:43:08 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x0a4f5772
Feb 24 17:43:08 (none) kernel: Before = 0x0a3fe4c0, After = 0x0a3fe4ee
Feb 24 17:43:08 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 17:43:53 (none) kernel: HDCP link failure due to i2c error
Feb 24 17:43:55 (none) kernel: CodeFromNec(7a851ee0) is meaningless messages happened 1400 times.
Feb 24 19:54:26 (none) kernel: EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended


I haven't had any problems with it though so not sure if this is expected or not...

[Luv2DrvFst]

I started seeing this in my messages log today (twice so far):

Feb 24 12:42:20 (none) pppd[6798]: pppd 2.4.1 started by TiVo, uid 0
Feb 24 12:42:20 (none) pppd[6798]: Using interface ppp0
Feb 24 12:42:20 (none) pppd[6798]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/cua1
Feb 24 12:42:57 (none) pppd[6798]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Feb 24 12:42:57 (none) pppd[6798]: Connection terminated.
Feb 24 12:42:58 (none) pppd[6798]: Exit.

I've never seen this before. Why would it be trying to start pppd? This is a zipper'd S2 DTiVo. What is trying to make a ppp connection?

All my google searches talk about this only with S1 TiVo's. Any ideas what this is?

Jim

[Finnstang]

As uncomfortable as it might be, your best bet is to edit the files on the TiVo with joe or vi. Once you get proficient with one it makes for less problems.

tk
I agree, I use vi for all my editing. I had to use it my last job, so I just got used to it and haven't bothered try to play with joe at all.

[Tivogre]

I just checked my kernel log file and here is something that keeps showing up:

Feb 24 11:56:45 (none) kernel: HDCP link failure due to i2c error
Feb 24 12:44:23 (none) kernel: NOT DVB PTS: 21 00 01 BD 00 00 01 BD
Feb 24 15:59:13 (none) kernel: 1 1 0 0
Feb 24 15:59:13 (none) kernel: - 0 1 0 0
Feb 24 15:59:24 (none) kernel: 1 1 0 0
Feb 24 15:59:24 (none) kernel: - 0 1 0 0
Feb 24 15:59:51 (none) kernel: 1 1 0 0
Feb 24 15:59:51 (none) kernel: - 0 1 0 0
Feb 24 16:01:51 (none) kernel: 1 1 0 0
Feb 24 16:01:51 (none) kernel: - 0 1 0 0
Feb 24 16:02:11 (none) kernel: 1 1 0 0
Feb 24 16:02:11 (none) kernel: - 0 1 0 0
Feb 24 16:12:57 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x3076c1e5
Feb 24 16:12:57 (none) kernel: Before = 0x3076c4be, After = 0x3076c4ec
Feb 24 16:12:57 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 16:26:44 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x315ff854
Feb 24 16:26:44 (none) kernel: Before = 0x314ae8c5, After = 0x314ae8f3
Feb 24 16:26:44 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 16:38:12 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x3941cfe2
Feb 24 16:38:12 (none) kernel: Before = 0x39420ce1, After = 0x39420d0f
Feb 24 16:38:12 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 16:45:53 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x3d8bbde2
Feb 24 16:45:53 (none) kernel: Before = 0x3d8bbfa3, After = 0x3d8bbfd1
Feb 24 16:45:53 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 16:47:02 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x4028c996
Feb 24 16:47:02 (none) kernel: Before = 0x4014088a, After = 0x401408b8
Feb 24 16:47:02 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 16:48:37 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x40e625bf
Feb 24 16:48:37 (none) kernel: Before = 0x40d179c8, After = 0x40d179f6
Feb 24 16:48:37 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 16:50:26 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x0243c907
Feb 24 16:50:26 (none) kernel: Before = 0x022eeba8, After = 0x022eebd6
Feb 24 16:50:26 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 17:43:08 (none) kernel: !!!!WARNING: Needed 2 tries to set video STC to 0x0a4f5772
Feb 24 17:43:08 (none) kernel: Before = 0x0a3fe4c0, After = 0x0a3fe4ee
Feb 24 17:43:08 (none) kernel:
Feb 24 17:43:53 (none) kernel: HDCP link failure due to i2c error
Feb 24 17:43:55 (none) kernel: CodeFromNec(7a851ee0) is meaningless messages happened 1400 times.
Feb 24 19:54:26 (none) kernel: EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended


I haven't had any problems with it though so not sure if this is expected or not...



I see similar messages in my logs. I too am not sure what they mean.

[pendragn]

I started seeing this in my messages log today (twice so far):

Feb 24 12:42:20 (none) pppd[6798]: pppd 2.4.1 started by TiVo, uid 0
Feb 24 12:42:20 (none) pppd[6798]: Using interface ppp0
Feb 24 12:42:20 (none) pppd[6798]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/cua1
Feb 24 12:42:57 (none) pppd[6798]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Feb 24 12:42:57 (none) pppd[6798]: Connection terminated.
Feb 24 12:42:58 (none) pppd[6798]: Exit.

I've never seen this before. Why would it be trying to start pppd? This is a zipper'd S2 DTiVo. What is trying to make a ppp connection?

All my google searches talk about this only with S1 TiVo's. Any ideas what this is?

Jim
I think hacked DTiVos still try to dial up and connect to DTV, which I assume is what you're seeing here. To prevent them from actually connecting there are lines in rc.sysinit.author that kill the route to the DTV hosts. I'm at work and haven't checked my logs at home, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a bunch of those in my boxes too.

tk

[GBMD]

Just out of curiosity, what does Tivo and DirecTV think of my hacked Tivo (Hughes HDVR2)?

[starbiker99]

Just out of curiosity, what does Tivo and DirecTV think of my hacked Tivo (Hughes HDVR2)?

Well its your equipment and you are not stealing anything that Directv offers plus no need for them to know :D . I was on my way back to comcrap until I found this forum ; now I have way too much invested do they should be happy!

[drcore2000]

help
i ran the zipper it work just fine and everthing to come out ok
when i try to telnet into the box i get could not connent to host on port 23

any ideas

[Tim_K]

Trying to "Zipper" onto am SD-DVR40. Bought the 6.2 image from PTV...bought a new 80gb hard drive. Won't let me restore the image from my Tools Cd to the new 80gb drive. I know it won't fit on the same size drive as the orignal (40gb), so I figured I was good to go with an 80gb drive.

Any thoughts?

[rbautch]

help
i ran the zipper it work just fine and everthing to come out ok
when i try to telnet into the box i get could not connent to host on port 23

any ideas Are you using the correct IP address? Is the address in the same subnet as your router? Do you get a link light? Is your adapter compatible? Do you have a firewall or anything else blocking your connection? Is any other device using the same IP address? Try rebooting. Try switching to the other USB port. Gunny, please copy this to the Wikki. ;)

[snowspeeder]

Can I use this for my sa2 tivo? MN #TCD24008a?

[drcore2000]

my router ip is 192.168.15.1 my tivo is 192.168.15.104 my computer is 192.168.15.103 i can ping the tivo and my firewalls are off web is off is there any way to see if anything is blocking the port

[drcore2000]

wep is off

[drcore2000]

ok i got in ip address problem had two of the same ip address

but once i get in to the bash it only give me like 5 sec and it drops off and says connetion lost

[rbautch]

Try another IP address out the range of DHCP addresses assigned by your router. Like 192.158.15.110. Try the other usb port. Try rebooting. What adapter are you using?

[SteelersFan]

Can I use this for my sa2 tivo? MN #TCD24008a?
Nope. Been asked a few times. See the top of The Zipper instructions for compatibility.

[drcore2000]

linksys wusb11 v2.8

[skw]

In Step 5, Substep J, where it says "pull the drive, and install it back in your Tivo", I would suggest adding something about checking the jumpers on the drive and THEN installing in your Tivo. If you have a single drive, the jumper must be set to "Master".

This would have saved me a few minutes of staring at a"Welcome, Powering Up" screen, and then some time searching here for what I did wrong.

BTW, my experience so far with the zipper has been quite good. I used MFS Tools 2.0 to backup my "new to me" RCA DVR40's drive, then restored and expanded at the same time to a 250 Meg Seagate from Outpost. Attempting to run the zipper wouldn't mount the drive, so I rebooted the PC, and then the drive mounted and zippered fine. The zipper installed the kernel from the $5 CD.

I had the jumper wrong, so that lost a few minutes, and now I have a Linksys USB200M ver2 installed, so that doesn't work at all and I need to get a different adapter. Otherwise, things have gone really well. The longest part of it all was wading through the various guides to make sure that I understood what I was doing with MFS Tools.

PS: There is also a small typo in the "New" Hinsdale Guide for the "Restore and Expand line for a single A drive". It says to restore to /dev/hdc, but that is not consistant with their other examples where /dev/hdb is thenew drive.

[David Platt]

In Step 5, Substep J, where it says "pull the drive, and install it back in your Tivo", I would suggest adding something about checking the jumpers on the drive and THEN installing in your Tivo. If you have a single drive, the jumper must be set to "Master".


That's not necessarily true, though. Different hard drives seem to have different jumper requirements. My DirecTiVos, for example, will only work if the hard drives are set to Cable Select.

[Tim_K]

Anybody with any thoughts as to what I may be doing wrong here? Does my new drive have to be bigger than 80gb?

[Jeffthrow]

I Purchased
Instant Cake (instantcake-tcd240080-401b02.iso) &
LBA48 (ptvlba48-4.01DD.iso)
When I 1st Hacked My DTivo To 4.01b Or Something Like That
Do I Need To Purchase Both Of Them Again ?

I Would Assume I need To Purchase The Instantcake As I need The 6.2 Image ?
But If I Had A 6.2 Image Already Could I Use The IntantCake I Previously Purchased?

How About the LBA48 Has It Changed Since I Purchased It?

[Gunnyman]

lba48 disc you have should be fine.
if you have 6.2 image you don't need another one, just rename it per the zipper directions

[Gunnyman]

Anybody with any thoughts as to what I may be doing wrong here? Does my new drive have to be bigger than 80gb?

did you buy a DVR40 image or an 80?
a 40 image sould fit fine on an 80 gig drive,the 80 may not.

[Tim_K]

Gunny,

Thanks for the quick response. I bought a DVR 40image so I am unsure why it isn't fitting. Perhaps I burned it incorrectly to the Tools CD?

The image file on my Toold Cd looks like this: 000001#52C3

The bootpage file looks odd too: bootpage#BAAD


All the other files look fine. I don't have Nero so I possibly could have messed up the burn

[Gunnyman]

looks that way to me.
here's what I'd do. Burn the instantcake ISO and run it by itself.
the bootpage file does look odd as well. what did you use to burn?
nero can be had for a free trial last time I looked

[skw]

That's not necessarily true, though. Different hard drives seem to have different jumper requirements. My DirecTiVos, for example, will only work if the hard drives are set to Cable Select.

Hmmm..... I didn't try cable select, but the drive was set as "slave" to be in the PC, and that most definately did not work. Perhaps it should more generally say to check the jumper settings, and then I would have looked around and figured it out.

Gunnyman: Please don't get me wrong -- not a major complaint, just a suggestion for one minor improvement.

[BK89]

I have this Netgear USB adapter and would like to use it on the DirecTivo (Samsung 4040R). Anybody know if this is this compatible after Zippering?

[kudron]

That's not necessarily true, though. Different hard drives seem to have different jumper requirements. My DirecTiVos, for example, will only work if the hard drives are set to Cable Select.

Interesting that this would come up now.

I got home from work this morning and my DTivo was stuck on the "Welcome" screen. Remembering what Gunny said earlier about tivo's stuck at the welcome screen involves either cables or jumper settings, I proceeded to jumper the harddrive to CS (It was unjumpered as master). It booted right up!

Anyone have any idea why it would work for several weeks as a master drive, then all of a sudden need to be set to CS? BTW, I am using a WD 120gig HD.

[danny7481]

how do i find out the tivo ip address, in the zipper instructions it says 192.168.1.101 is this it, or just an example? also what usb adapters are you guys using, i have a netgear wg111 for my computer, it works great. can i use that one or is it not compatable? thanks.

[ttodd1]

how do i find out the tivo ip address, in the zipper instructions it says 192.168.1.101 is this it, or just an example? also what usb adapters are you guys using, i have a netgear wg111 for my computer, it works great. can i use that one or is it not compatable? thanks.


"..it will prompt you to enter an IP address for your Tivo (e.g. 192.168.1.101) and the IP address of your router."

e.g. = example. You need to put in an IP address that is in the range of your network. Wireless G adapters (I believe) are not compatable with the DTivo. If you want wireless G speeds you need to use a wired adapter with a bridge.

[danny7481]

so, basically you make up an ip address for the dtivo?
also i dont have to have wireless G speed, but i do need it wireless
how can i go about having wireless easily and not to expensive?
i have a belkin wireless G router.

[goony]

Anyone have any idea why it would work for several weeks as a master drive, then all of a sudden need to be set to CS? BTW, I am using a WD 120gig HD.I've had fits in PCs with WD drives and CS -vs- Master/Slave jumpers and have had the phantom problems you are seeing. I have found no logic to it, I just mess with them until the work. Maybe it has something to do with the phase of the moon or something...

[rbautch]

so, basically you make up an ip address for the dtivo?
also i dont have to have wireless G speed, but i do need it wireless
how can i go about having wireless easily and not to expensive?
i have a belkin wireless G router. Yes, any IP address will do as long as it is in the same subnet as your router. The cheapest way to do wireless is with a wireless usb adapter connected directly to your tivo. Just connect to your tivo and the Zipper will set it up for you. Cost about $25 on Ebay. If you want g speeds, then you can use a wireless bridge, wireless gaming adapter, or a router with modded firmware to make it act like a wireless bridge. For this option you'll also need a wired USB-Ethernet adapter, bringing the total cost to about $100.

[danny7481]

Yes, any IP address will do as long as it is in the same subnet as your router. The cheapest way to do wireless is with a wireless usb adapter connected directly to your tivo. Just connect to your tivo and the Zipper will set it up for you. Cost about $25 on Ebay. If you want g speeds, then you can use a wireless bridge, wireless gaming adapter, or a router with modded firmware to make it act like a wireless bridge. For this option you'll also need a wired USB-Ethernet adapter, bringing the total cost to about $100.

ill think ill go with the usb adapter
thanks for the help.

[tortio]

Well, I thought I'd just weight in here. I've zippered my HDVR2 this weekend. Pretty schweet. I dropped a 250GB drive in there. You can hear the drive seeking if you are right next to the unit, but you can not hear it over the stock fan.

Thank the lord vi is on there!

I did have a couple of items I would like to mention to help others.

I did not originally have the hackman module in twp. I had to do the "rw" on the / filesystem and rename the hackman.cfg

/tivowebplus/modules/hackman.cfg

(I actually cp'ed it, you know... just in case! )

I also changed the following lines:

# Line can have a value from 1 to 16
# Line Default: 1
set line = 12

in /var/hack/etc/out2osd.conf so the callerid info wasn't cut off at the top of screen when displayed on screen, (will try some of the transpiracy settings later).

I also added the "\w" to my bash prompt (a la .profile) which gives me the current working directory added to my prompt. Make it easy to know where I am:

tivo-TiVo# :/var/log >cd
tivo-TiVo# :/ >cd /var/log
tivo-TiVo# :/var/log >cd /etc/
tivo-TiVo# :/etc >cd /etc/
tivo-TiVo# :/etc >cd /etc/rc.d/
tivo-TiVo# :/etc/rc.d >

And finally, when I enabled mplayer/vlc via the hackman module, somehow it toggled the "rw" option on /. I rebooted the unit and it indeed come back up rw. I toggled it back to "ro" via the hackman module, but haven't rebooted to see it will remain persisitant.

I also ran into the double lines when telneting and found the "unset crlf" option posts for WinXP SP2. This option does not work within FreeBSD.

Hope this helps others!

Great work. I couldn't believe how easy everything was and how it just all sort of worked! Thanks so much!

[Tonedeaf]

Yes, any IP address will do as long as it is in the same subnet as your router. The cheapest way to do wireless is with a wireless usb adapter connected directly to your tivo. Just connect to your tivo and the Zipper will set it up for you. Cost about $25 on Ebay. If you want g speeds, then you can use a wireless bridge, wireless gaming adapter, or a router with modded firmware to make it act like a wireless bridge. For this option you'll also need a wired USB-Ethernet adapter, bringing the total cost to about $100.
Was only a total of $60 for my Linksys WRT54G and wired usb adapter. :)
Was worth it for me to have G speeds to it. Watch a few things in my bedroom that I had on my main TV room Tivo today with no issues. Had plenty of buffer to 30 sec skip thru commercials. Love it. :D

[NYHeel]

This has probably been covered but can a DTivo with 4.01b communicate with a DTivo that has 6.2 via MRV? I figure I might just pull my drives and upgrade from 4.0 to 6.2 using the zipper. However there are a few things that I really want to keep on my Tivos so I figured if I did them one at a time and then transfered the shows back it would work.

[Gunnyman]

yes fully able to talk to each other.

[willardcpa]

I am having perplexing problems with vi. I wanted to change the time that fakecall happened. In my time zone its 8:20, and at that time it does not have high WAF. So I went in and changed it on the main box that I hacked with gunny's unguide. Now I am trying to change it on some other boxes that I zippered. Problem is vi is acting really wierd, when I try to make a change it inserts the new character and then advances a line. I know that it is not the CLF problem that happens in WinXP, I have that shut off. And if I hit the up or down arrow, it inserts another line. Just to make sure that it is not me or my computer I went back into the box that was "unguided" and I can make changes there just fine. I am changing to read/write before I attempt the changes. In the unguide I am going into /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root, in the zippered boxes I am going into /enhancements/varhacks/spool/cron/crontabs/root.

And I have been into the other boxes with vi before and it worked just fine. I went into them to change the ncid "thingies" in order to get them get their caller id data from the server tivo.

[Markman07]

FTP root crontab file to yoru PC and then make changes using medapad or other unix based editor (not notepad) and FtP back to Tivo. Or you use the editor built into the HACKMAN module (if you use TWP).

I am not a big fan of VI or his uncle JOE editor. :-)

[willardcpa]

FTP root crontab file to yoru PC and then make changes using medapad or other unix based editor (not notepad) and FtP back to Tivo. Or you use the editor built into the HACKMAN module (if you use TWP).

I am not a big fan of VI or his uncle JOE editor. :-)
Thanks, is there anything special I need to do dostounix or anything like that? Just want to make sure that all I have to do is FTP it back as is.

[tortio]

I think it has something to do with the terminal emulation. I hadn't really tried it, but I thought it would be interesting to change the default $TERM to something else. For example, if I am on my FreeBSD box and not on a remote terminal, I must use cons25 for my emulation. In my .profile or .zshrc I specify vt100, or xterm, or xterm-color. I bet you are seeing things like ^H^H when you try to delete something.

I'll monkey about when I get home and can explore further.

[satdummy4]

Hey there,

OK.. I love to figure this out on my own but it’s to the point now where it’s either ask the question or get a divorce (I might be spending a bit much time at this)..

So here’s the issue..

I seem to be stuck between a rock and a hard place on this..

If I run zipper on an image using 4.0.1 and use kernel 4_0.1A Kickass, can FTP and telnet and all that good stuff...Unfortunately living in Canada 4.0 will not do Canadian providers..

So… On to 7.2 If I use zipper with kernel 3_1.5 I get stuck in a reboot loop..

If someone can provide me with some direction it would be great.. Otherwise I sure will miss my wife.. ;-)

Thanks

SD

[Gunnyman]

THE ZIPPER IS NOT FOR STANDALONES

Says all over the place what units it will work on.

[satdummy4]

How in the frig did I miss that?!

too bad cause it seems pretty slick (good work gunny) Anyway thanks for the quick reply and sorry to waste your time

[Gunnyman]

No worries :p
Better you find out this soon than risk divorce court.

[BigBearf]

I am in the process of using the zipper on my freebie DSR704 and eventually an HR10-250. I have downloaded the PTVupgrade boot disk and DSR704 specific files. I use a mac to burn the disk from the iso using Toast Platinum version 7. I have burned the CD's using both the copy mode and also the data mode. I am using an ancient Dell Dimension 300D pentium II computer and presently have the CD ROM hooked up as Master on secondary IDE channel. I get "No operating system found" message. The PTV upgrade specifies CD ROM on secondary IDE as Slave. Is the best way to do this by just changing the cables. Apparently the HD must be the secondary IDE master and the CD ROM must be the primary IDE slave. I also wonder if this ancient computer will address large drives. Any thought on a cheap computer the will function well if this setup turns out to be a bust
Thanks for any ideas
BigBearf

[cashoe]

hoo boy, i think i got a nasty one here,
I successfully zippered my samsung sir4120, but i am hitting major snags with my hr10-250.
after the 1st try the unit would not power up a known-good fa120 (had two, both work on the samsung.)
now i re-iamged the drives(2x wd2500), and still no power to the USB adapter, and as a bonus none of my 3 dogbone directivo remotes work.
I know what i did wrong on the remoe problem and that is getting corrected this week, but what about the usb issue? i saw a few references in the thread to someone having the same problem, but i did not see if they got it resolved.

[damnitjim]

I zipper my hdvr2 over the weekend and it smooth . And I was wondering if I zipper
My hughes hr10-250 will it be able to talk with my hdvr2 with mrv?
thanks again for the zipper

[cashoe]

Hi damnitjim,
lets see if i can help you out a bit.
from my understanding , you can not enable MRV on the HR-10-250. It still needs to run the 3.1. software, and that is not mrv compatible now :(

There are lots of fun things you CAN do with thr hr10-250, but sone of the more interesing ones can't be discussed on this forum.

[rbautch]

I zipper my hdvr2 over the weekend and it smooth . And I was wondering if I zipper
My hughes hr10-250 will it be able to talk with my hdvr2 with mrv?
thanks again for the zipperHR10-250 doesn't do MRV or HMO at all because it uses 3.1 sofware.

[rbautch]

hoo boy, i think i got a nasty one here,
I successfully zippered my samsung sir4120, but i am hitting major snags with my hr10-250.
after the 1st try the unit would not power up a known-good fa120 (had two, both work on the samsung.)
now i re-iamged the drives(2x wd2500), and still no power to the USB adapter, and as a bonus none of my 3 dogbone directivo remotes work.
I know what i did wrong on the remoe problem and that is getting corrected this week, but what about the usb issue? i saw a few references in the thread to someone having the same problem, but i did not see if they got it resolved.
Try both usb ports. I doubt both (or even one) is bad. Might be a problem with the image. Where did you get the image? Did you Zipper the primary drive only?

[cashoe]

HI rbautch, thanks for the fast reply,
I got the image from an instantcake iso i purchased, downloaded and burned myself. I imaged the drive both times using the insantcake cd, then booted from the lba48 cd and mounted thetools cd to load the ziper. Both times Instantcake and the zipper tools reported success. I imaged one drive the 1st try, and was installing it as a single drive, and the second try i tried zppering both drives as a dual setup. I tried both USB ports, and swaped adapters ( and usb and network cables) with a known good one running on my samsung unit. stil no dice.

I'll have a repaired unit to play with later this week, until then i'll keep trying to help out around here a bit, and learning more for my own enlightenment.

(dang laptop keyboard doesn't like my too-light keystrokes, please blame it for any typos :P )

[atlynch]

Hi Folks,
I am building a pair of DSR7000's I purchased diskless/remoteless/cardless from Weaknees. I am using version 6.2.

Delivery on the Tivo's should come today, but I've been working on the images to install onto them.

I have purchased two disk images from PTVupgrade.

ICAKE-S2DT-62 InstantCake for Series2 DirecTiVo Units (6.2)
S2DT-MODEL: PHILIPS-DSR7000

and

UBCD-11 Universal Boot CD Version 11

I bought a $40 PC (the shame, I'm a Mac/Unix guy), and have applied the instant cake tool to each of two 120Gb Hitachi hard drives. (2 single drive tivos, not one two drive tivo)

The Universal boot cd version 11 has /s2_kernels/3.1.5/vmlinux.px.gz
The zipper intructions call for VMLINUX_.gz

Can I copy and rename the former to the latter? Do I need to uncompress/rename/recompress?

There is also a 4.0.1a directory in the s2_kernels directory. I assume I should ignore this.

Thanks in advance!

-Drew

[noid370]

Hi damnitjim,
lets see if i can help you out a bit.
from my understanding , you can not enable MRV on the HR-10-250. It still needs to run the 3.1. software, and that is not mrv compatible now :(

There are lots of fun things you CAN do with thr hr10-250, but sone of the more interesing ones can't be discussed on this forum.


Can you point me in a direction where it explains what can be done on the HR10 250. So far it does nothing special. :)

[Gunnyman]

Hi Folks,
I am building a pair of DSR7000's I purchased diskless/remoteless/cardless from Weaknees. I am using version 6.2.

Delivery on the Tivo's should come today, but I've been working on the images to install onto them.

I have purchased two disk images from PTVupgrade.

ICAKE-S2DT-62 InstantCake for Series2 DirecTiVo Units (6.2)
S2DT-MODEL: PHILIPS-DSR7000

and

UBCD-11 Universal Boot CD Version 11

I bought a $40 PC (the shame, I'm a Mac/Unix guy), and have applied the instant cake tool to each of two 120Gb Hitachi hard drives. (2 single drive tivos, not one two drive tivo)

The Universal boot cd version 11 has /s2_kernels/3.1.5/vmlinux.px.gz
The zipper intructions call for VMLINUX_.gz

Can I copy and rename the former to the latter? Do I need to uncompress/rename/recompress?

There is also a 4.0.1a directory in the s2_kernels directory. I assume I should ignore this.

Thanks in advance!

-Drew
just copy the kernel file as is to your tools cd. The Zipper will make the distinction.
You want the 3.1.5 kernel.

[Gunnyman]

Can you point me in a direction where it explains what can be done on the HR10 250. So far it does nothing special. :)

you can do "everything" on an HD Tivo except HMO related activities and MRV.
As for what that everything includes, check out DDB for discussions about that thing we can't discuss here.

[Gunnyman]

I am in the process of using the zipper on my freebie DSR704 and eventually an HR10-250. I have downloaded the PTVupgrade boot disk and DSR704 specific files. I use a mac to burn the disk from the iso using Toast Platinum version 7. I have burned the CD's using both the copy mode and also the data mode. I am using an ancient Dell Dimension 300D pentium II computer and presently have the CD ROM hooked up as Master on secondary IDE channel. I get "No operating system found" message. The PTV upgrade specifies CD ROM on secondary IDE as Slave. Is the best way to do this by just changing the cables. Apparently the HD must be the secondary IDE master and the CD ROM must be the primary IDE slave. I also wonder if this ancient computer will address large drives. Any thought on a cheap computer the will function well if this setup turns out to be a bust
Thanks for any ideas
BigBearf

to burn the boot and instant cake iso's ctrl-click and choose toast it.
as for a cheap computer for doing this, don't laugh. walmart sells linux boxes fo around 200 bucks that would be perfect for this, and as an added bonus can be used as a media server when you are done :)

[atlynch]

I am in the process of using the zipper on my freebie DSR704 and eventually an HR10-250. I have downloaded the PTVupgrade boot disk and DSR704 specific files. I use a mac to burn the disk from the iso using Toast Platinum version 7. I have burned the CD's using both the copy mode and also the data mode. I am using an ancient Dell Dimension 300D pentium II computer and presently have the CD ROM hooked up as Master on secondary IDE channel. I get "No operating system found" message. The PTV upgrade specifies CD ROM on secondary IDE as Slave. Is the best way to do this by just changing the cables. Apparently the HD must be the secondary IDE master and the CD ROM must be the primary IDE slave. I also wonder if this ancient computer will address large drives. Any thought on a cheap computer the will function well if this setup turns out to be a bust
Thanks for any ideas
BigBearf


You and I are doing almost exactly the same thing, using a Mac and a cheapo PC. I found that I got the "Operating system not found" when the CD was the primary slave and there was no primary master. I just left the windows drive attached and put the Tivo drives on the secondary IDE.

-Drew

[chubb]

just an fyi, I posted a "step-by-step" guide on the ZipperWiki (http://zipperwiki.thewallens.net/) for the topic that cannot be discussed here. It was a pain going through all those threads and I figured something like this guide would have been useful for me, so I wrote one for the guys out there who have not gone through it yet....

[Gunnyman]

Thanks Chubb.
In 2 years I have never been able to get ***_ftp working (my asterisks) and this is the most concise method I've seen as far as where the correct binaries are. :up: :up:

[chubb]

Hey man, thank YOU and rbautch for the Zipper...I'm just reaping the rewards here and giving back when I can... :)

[skw]

hey all ,
this is in reference to zipper on hd10-250 unit
with 400gb single drive

any trick in using the console ?
got securecrt set to 9600/8/N/1 and have the tivo serial cable
on a win2k laptop ( serial port )

i have been reading posts and did i read correct that i have to press enter after a couple seconds of unit starting to boot ?
can anyone please point to some directions ?

thanx

Netguy may have already fixed his problem, but I was having similar troubles until I found these suggestions, and then I got things working right away.

http://minnie.tuhs.org/twiki/bin/view/Howto/DiagnoseSerialProblems

I wanted to put that here for reference, in case anyone else needs it -- or in case I need it again later. LOL. I think that I had set the PC side speed to 9600 when the Zipper had already upped the Tivo speed setting of the port to 115200 for me. I had flow control on, when I should have had it off.

[BigBearf]

Thanks for the quick reply. I will use toast and try my ancient Dell or make a trip to Walmart for a Linux box.

[snowybunting]

I have a couple of questions that browsing thru this thread for an hour hasn't cleared up for me.

I have an RCA DV40, an RCA DVR80, and an HNS HDVR2. I just found out about the "zipper" hack a day ago and have been reading up on how to apply it to a fresh drive I can dunk into the DV40. Here's where I get confused, so here come the questions:

1. WRT running the first 4 steps, I see I need the kernel the comes on the "InstantCake" cd if I don't want to overwrite the orginal units' hd. Does the $5 image simply have a linux environment and tools on it that I wouldn't need if I have a running linux box in which I cna mount the fresh drive?

2. Does the zipper contain utils to let me view divx movies already on my network? If yes, does it matter if the audio is AC3 or MP3?

3. It appears the disk limit is 137gb? What about multiple partitions?

Thanks in advance.

[Gunnyman]

1) The Kernel you need is on the 5 dollar Boot cd
2) no
3) there is no 137 GB limit

[pendragn]

I have a couple of questions that browsing thru this thread for an hour hasn't cleared up for me.

I have an RCA DV40, an RCA DVR80, and an HNS HDVR2. I just found out about the "zipper" hack a day ago and have been reading up on how to apply it to a fresh drive I can dunk into the DV40. Here's where I get confused, so here come the questions:

1. WRT running the first 4 steps, I see I need the kernel the comes on the "InstantCake" cd if I don't want to overwrite the orginal units' hd. Does the $5 image simply have a linux environment and tools on it that I wouldn't need if I have a running linux box in which I cna mount the fresh drive?
The InstantCake CD has the 6.2 image and the bootable Linux environment you can use to work on your TiVo drive. It's handy for troubleshooting as the folks here are very familiar with that disc, so we know what your environment is if you have troubles.

2. Does the zipper contain utils to let me view divx movies already on my network? If yes, does it matter if the audio is AC3 or MP3?
After you finish the Zippering, search for "tivoserver" it's the software that servers the AVIs and other files up to a Zipper TiVo. Zipper itself doesn't do anything with that.

3. It appears the disk limit is 137gb? What about multiple partitions?

Thanks in advance.
Don't worry about that. All of my Zippered Tivos have 250 GB drives in them. The Instant Cake CD has an LBA48 aware kernel and the 6.2 software does as well. There are (or at least there were) some issues with going larger than 250 GB. If you want to go larger than that I'm sure someone here can help you.

tk

[snowybunting]

The InstantCake CD has the modified kernel you need AND the bootable Linux environment you can use to work on your TiVo drive. You need the CD. It's also handy for troubleshooting as the folks here are very familiar with that disc, so we know what your environment is if you have troubles.
Gunnyman wrote:
1) The Kernel you need is on the 5 dollar Boot cd


Are we all talking about the same CD? I wasn't clear with my description, I thought I needed the InstantCake $19.99 CD for sure, and perhaps not the $5 boot CD.



Don't worry about that. All of my Zippered Tivos have 250 GB drives in them. The Instant Cake CD has an LBA48 aware kernel and the 6.2 software does as well. There are (or at least there were) some issues with going larger than 250 GB. If you want to go larger than that I'm sure someone here can help you.


OK, good news. I have a 200gb Maxtor (2 of 'em, matter of fact...I'll keep one as a spare) , so hoping the kernel can read multiple partitions is a non-issue.

Thanks for the help, it's much appreciated.

[skw]

I have this Netgear USB adapter and would like to use it on the DirecTivo (Samsung 4040R). Anybody know if this is this compatible after Zippering?
Since no one took pity on the newbie, I will. Try checking here:
http://customersupport.tivo.com/knowbase/root/public/tv2184.htm?
Note that someone else here has said that Wireless G adapters will NOT work at all with DirecTivos, so consider that in addition to this page. Also, any of the ones that say you must have a particular version of the Tivo software probably will not work at all either, because you will not have 7.x running on your DirecTivo.

For anyone looking for compatable wired adapters, check here:
http://customersupport.tivo.com/knowbase/root/public/tv2183.htm?
But bear in mind if you are even thinking about trying to use a Linksys USB200M that L*nks*s has stopped marking "Ver 2" on the outside of the package. Also, after having tried one of those, I wouldn't want to keep it even if it had worked. The way that the RJ45 plugs into the adapter is really, really flimsy! I have gone with the Netgear FA120 from Amazon.com for a nice price and free shipping. I will update this post if it doesn't work well for me.

[skw]

Don't worry about that. All of my Zippered Tivos have 250 GB drives in them. The Instant Cake CD has an LBA48 aware kernel and the 6.2 software does as well. There are (or at least there were) some issues with going larger than 250 GB. If you want to go larger than that I'm sure someone here can help you.


Previously I said right here in this post:

If you want to go larger than 250, look up "tpip". I have done the research, and I have a 400 on its way to me from outpost for my next upgrade. There is just some small issue with setting up the swap area for larger drives, and tpip can fix it for you, after you have used MFS Tools.

But I agree with rbautch that this MAY not be correct. Apparently the rule of thumb for using more swap is just that, and may not still be the best advice as drives get "really big" compared to the original drive sizes.

See his responses later in this thread, and make your own decision on how large you want your swap to be.

[Gunnyman]

Are we all talking about the same CD? I wasn't clear with my description, I thought I needed the InstantCake $19.99 CD for sure, and perhaps not the $5 boot CD.




OK, good news. I have a 200gb Maxtor (2 of 'em, matter of fact...I'll keep one as a spare) , so hoping the kernel can read multiple partitions is a non-issue.

Thanks for the help, it's much appreciated.
the Instantcake cd is 20 bucks and is ONLY needed if you don't have 6.2 software on a tivo HD.
The LBA48 Boot CD is 5 bucks and is the boot envireonment AND the hacked kernel needed for zippering.
Everyone needs THIS CD not everyone needs he 20 dollar instant cake.

[amcanzo]

I have searched and can not find the answer. I have a zippered HDVR2 with a 250gb Hard drive.
I set up the wireless using a Netgear MA111v1
I plan to zipper my other HDVR2 and use a Netgear MA111v2.
I switched the wireless in the working one from the v1 to v2 but can not get it to work. Does the v2 of this adapter work with the HDVR2???

[tonyt78]

to be a little more clear I am getting
Restore failed:unknow backup format


Anything on this?

[rbautch]

If you want to go larger than 250, look up "tpip". I have done the research, and I have a 400 on its way to me from outpost for my next upgrade. There is just some small issue with setting up the swap area for larger drives, and tpip can fix it for you, after you have used MFS Tools.Not entirely accurate. Most users will never need the extra swap space. See here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3612772&&#post3612772) and here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3739784&&#post3739784)

[GBMD]

Now that I've replaced the old hard drive with my new one, I am thinking about buying a HDVR2 off of E-Bay to play the leftover (previous) recordings on my un-Zippered disk. Will the unit boot up without a card? What about without satilite info???

[Gunnyman]

yes
will nag about not having a card with a nifty little box at the bottom of your screen

[rbautch]

I have searched and can not find the answer. I have a zippered HDVR2 with a 250gb Hard drive.
I set up the wireless using a Netgear MA111v1
I plan to zipper my other HDVR2 and use a Netgear MA111v2.
I switched the wireless in the working one from the v1 to v2 but can not get it to work. Does the v2 of this adapter work with the HDVR2???No.

[titleistmd]

I downloaded the LBA48 Boot CD from ptv. I'm trying to get my zipper disk ready. I have phillips dsr708's. I will be upgrading software to 6.2. Under the s2 kernal there is a 4.01a. I can't seem to find if that is the kernal I want. I thought I read somewhere that was for 7.2 and I want the 3.1.5. Just want to make sure I use the right one. Thanks

[Finnstang]

I downloaded the LBA48 Boot CD from ptv. I'm trying to get my zipper disk ready. I have phillips dsr708's. I will be upgrading software to 6.2. Under the s2 kernal there is a 4.01a. I can't seem to find if that is the kernal I want. I thought I read somewhere that was for 7.2 and I want the 3.1.5. Just want to make sure I use the right one. Thanks
Read step 4.

[BigBearf]

Gunny
I have used toast with Ctrl-Click method to burn the iso however the only image file that I see under the isolinux folder is:

initrd.img file at 5.7 mb
Is this the file I'm supposed to rename and put on the tools disk. It seems awfully small. I do not see any other image files on the toasted CD. Am I missing something?
Thanks,
BigBearf

[willardcpa]

Now that I've replaced the old hard drive with my new one, I am thinking about buying a HDVR2 off of E-Bay to play the leftover (previous) recordings on my un-Zippered disk. Will the unit boot up without a card? What about without satilite info???

Gunny, you told him "yes". You sure about that, he's putting an unzippered HD in another HDVR2 hoping to be able to watch what's on it - isn't he going to run into the "Killer51" (sp?) problem and since he hasn't zippered it not be able to killer51? 'Course he could alway "clear and delete", but then it'd be kinda hard to watch the leftover recordings. :D

On the other hand - if he zippered the "un-Zippered" HD first then everything would be hunky-dory. ;)

[Gunnyman]

Gunny, you told him "yes". You sure about that, he's putting an unzippered HD in another HDVR2 hoping to be able to watch what's on it - isn't he going to run into the "Killer51" (sp?) problem and since he hasn't zippered it not be able to killer51? 'Course he could alway "clear and delete", but then it'd be kinda hard to watch the leftover recordings. :D

On the other hand - if he zippered the "un-Zippered" HD first then everything would be hunky-dory. ;)

good point
I now change my answer to "no"

[Gunnyman]

Gunny
I have used toast with Ctrl-Click method to burn the iso however the only image file that I see under the isolinux folder is:

initrd.img file at 5.7 mb
Is this the file I'm supposed to rename and put on the tools disk. It seems awfully small. I do not see any other image files on the toasted CD. Am I missing something?
Thanks,
BigBearf

ok no worries
the image file is in a hidden directory called .image
set up finder to show hidden and you will see it.

[CharlieHoff]

Thanks guys.... that did it!
Update...
With thanks to Zipper, I now have all three DTivos hacked and networked! I tried wireless, but that didn't work out so I simply extended my existing wired network, added a couple of more Netgear FA120 USB adapters, and it's all working great.

I'm now looking for information on extracting files to a PC.... I know it's out there.... any links I should check out?

[Gunnyman]

the extraction tutorial on the wiki is a good place to start :)

[cashoe]

Thank you Gunnyman & rbautch for your excellent scripts, tools and guides.
I was having problems zippering my hr10-250 earlier this week, and tonight i gave it one more try. My efforts paid off tonight, and i am currently rebooting after succesfully running tweak.sh.

One thing i did different this tme is that i used the image directly from my tools cd, instead of using the instantcake disc, then zippering off the tools cd. If i could make a small sugestion, though, you might want to more strongly reccommend on the web pagethat using the zipper cd to load the image instead of the instantcake cd.

It was a very good feeling to see the results of my labors, but i am humbly aware that i am standing on the shoulders of giants, and for your free sharing of your expertise and knowledge i am truly grateful.

[Willy]

Thank you so much. I am slowly making progress. I zippered my 6.2 drive and it booted up. Now I am trying to run the enhancement script but I get this error:

Downloading latest Enhancement script...
wget: www.mastersav.com: Host name lookup failu
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n

Make sure your Tivo is connected to the interne
your network settings are correct. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory

I am able to telnet in to the tivo across my home LAN. The LAN is connected to my router. ...what am I doing wrong? thank you, again.

[ttodd1]

Thank you so much. I am slowly making progress. I zippered my 6.2 drive and it booted up. Now I am trying to run the enhancement script but I get this error:

Downloading latest Enhancement script...
wget: www.mastersav.com: Host name lookup failu
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n

Make sure your Tivo is connected to the interne
your network settings are correct. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory

I am able to telnet in to the tivo across my home LAN. The LAN is connected to my router. ...what am I doing wrong? thank you, again.

Is your router connected to the internet?

[dbish]

Thank you so much. I am slowly making progress. I zippered my 6.2 drive and it booted up. Now I am trying to run the enhancement script but I get this error:

Downloading latest Enhancement script...
wget: www.mastersav.com: Host name lookup failu
Download failed. Adjust DNS and try again? [y/n

Make sure your Tivo is connected to the interne
your network settings are correct. Exiting...
rm: /enhancements: No such file or directory

I am able to telnet in to the tivo across my home LAN. The LAN is connected to my router. ...what am I doing wrong? thank you, again.

Make sure you entered the router IP address correctly. It sounds like it can't find the DNS server list which is usually specified in the router setup.

[scalo]

I am at a loss here, I upgraded both of my Hughes DVR40's with Seagate 250GB HD's and one was running fine for about a week then all of the sudden lost sound today and the other has not had sound at all. I have rezippered the drives several time and I can not figure out what is going on. I am going to try another drive and see if that has anything to with it, I have checked that the drives have the jumper in the correct place and I also zippered the original 40GB Drive and it has no sound now also. I need help PLEASE any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Scott

[BK89]

Thanks again for making the Zipper! Got both of my Tivos set up wirelessly on the network last weekend - awesome! What's the easiest way to access them away from home (like at the office)? Would I have to set-up some kind of VPN or remote access to my PC at home? Is there an easier way to do this that I'm missing? I read that you could forward port 80 (internet port) but then anyone can get access.

Also, I read somewhere that a hacked Tivo could remember which episodes you have recorded in the past (even if deleted form the Now playing list) and only record different eps? Was I dreaming this or how do you set it up?

Thanks again, you guys are slick...

[Gunnyman]

I just added username and password to my tivoweb by editing tivoweb.cfg.
As for part two of you question, use the "tracker" twp module.

[BK89]

How do you edit tivoweb.cfg? From the FTP page, I can click a file on the Tivo and right click to edit. Will this work (I read you may have to use a special editor "Joe" to avoid saving the .cfg file as text). Where would i put the:

user name =
password =

Just at the end of the file?
Then, how do you access the Tivo from outside, just find your IP address and enter it into a browser? Like http://xx.xxx.xx.xxx or http://xx.xxx.xx.xxx:80


Also, is "tracker" module part of the Zipper install or do you add this in after?

[Gunnyman]

it's already in there
I use a unix friendly text editor and edit the file all from my ftp client
when you open tivoweb.cfg you will see username and password already there you just need to add them.
as for how to access yes enter your actual IP address in a browser and make sure you have port 80 forwarded to your tivo's IP
as for tracker, I can't remember where I got it from.

[Markman07]

If I remember right tracker was one of the modules that came with the Daily Jazz Email add-on. Of course I am sure you can get it somewhere else also. (Try DDB)

[BK89]

I have edited text straight from my FTP client as well (using FlashFXP), but is this a UNIX friendly editor? Did you incorporate a UNIX editor into your FTP program or something like that or will I be ok just right clicking and selecting the default edit?

I know how to port forward 80 to my TIVO in the router setup screen. Will this cause any security problems as long as I have a username and password set in TWP? Thanks for helping us noobs out - I am learning a ton!!

[Gunnyman]

not familiar with your setup.
I am using a Mac and have a unix friendly txt editor

[Finnstang]

I have edited text straight from my FTP client as well (using FlashFXP), but is this a UNIX friendly editor? Did you incorporate a UNIX editor into your FTP program or something like that or will I be ok just right clicking and selecting the default edit?

I know how to port forward 80 to my TIVO in the router setup screen. Will this cause any security problems as long as I have a username and password set in TWP? Thanks for helping us noobs out - I am learning a ton!!
Just FTP the file and then use a Unix-friendly editor like Metapad. Make sure to change the file save type to Unix. Ftp it back. As far as TWP, when you are changing the username and password in the tivoweb.cfg file, you can also change the port it runs on. If you do, then make sure to forward the correct port to the tivo ip, and use the ipaddress : port format to access it. I have four dtivos running on four different ports so I can access them all from the web.

[BK89]

I am running XP on a PC. When I access the Tivo through the FTP window (Flashxp), I can navigate to the actual file on the Tivo and right click (this gives options like copy, send to and edit). I used this edit function to get TWP to show the "view" links in the Now Playing list (by changing one the the values from 0 to 1) and then hit save and it automatically uploads the edited file to the Tivo. Will this same method work to set the username and password in Tivoweb.cfg? I am not sure if the edit function uses a UNIX friendly edit program or if it just uses notepad. If I tried to do it this way, does anybody know what will happen? What is the deal with the "Joe" and VI editors, these sound like they are specific to Tivo, do I need to use one of these instead to edit the .cfg file?

[Finnstang]

I am running XP on a PC. When I access the Tivo through the FTP window (Flashxp), I can navigate to the actual file on the Tivo and right click (this gives options like copy, send to and edit). I used this edit function to get TWP to show the "view" links in the Now Playing list (by changing one the the values from 0 to 1) and then hit save and it automatically uploads the edited file to the Tivo. Will this same method work to set the username and password in Tivoweb.cfg? I am not sure if the edit function uses a UNIX friendly edit program or if it just uses notepad. If I tried to do it this way, does anybody know what will happen? What is the deal with the "Joe" and VI editors, these sound like they are specific to Tivo, do I need to use one of these instead to edit the .cfg file?
If it worked for the "View Links", then it should work fine for this.

[BK89]

Great, I think I will try using Metapad just to be safe. It's just as easy to manually FTP it back after editing.

Anyways, my ISP is Comcast (Bay Area), I heard that they might block port 80? So should I just setup different ports right from the beginning? I do have two tivos that I would like to access, so I will need to set them to use to different ports. Does it matter what I set the ports too (as long as its not 80 or 8080)?

[Finnstang]

Great, I think I will try using Metapad just to be safe. It's just as easy to manually FTP it back after editing.

Anyways, my ISP is Comcast (Bay Area), I heard that they might block port 80? So should I just setup different ports right from the beginning? I do have two tivos that I would like to access, so I will need to set them to use to different ports. Does it matter what I set the ports too (as long as its not 80 or 8080)?

I use 8010, 8020, 8030, and 8040. Just don't want to use a port already being used by something.

[BK89]

Nice...I am gonna try this when I get home from work tonight. Will use ports 8010 and 8020 and use metapad to add username and password. Thanks for the quick response too!

[TechniKal]

Is there a way to disable/remove the 'noppv' option from the Superpatch that's installed? I've looked at the script, but there's nothing I can find that indicates what's part of the noppv option.

Thanks!

[dspyder]

Thanks Gunnyman and Rbautch! I was able to get my Tivo up and hacked quite easily once I had everything in line (note to self, don't do install and activation until you get your wireless adapter).

Two problems:
1) The guide listing shows ALL of the channels, even though I have set both "Channels I Receive" and "Favorite Channels" in the setup menu. Someone had suggested Clear&Delete for guide locals problems, but I didn't want to run that for fear of messing up any hacks. Also, Gunnyman suggested rerunning guided setup to another guide problem, but I can't find that option anywhere now.

2) I have an item "Promo List" in my Messages & Setup menu that contains just garbage markup language. It also looks like Standby is only in that menu not the root. Should I be editing these menu configurations somewhere or is that normal?

This is on a 6.2 DSR7000 running InstantCake, Zipper, and Rbautch latest download.

Thanks again guys!
--D

[Gunnyman]

1) guided setup can be found under messages and settings locals can be brought back by either waiting about 24 hrs for them to show up, or call 1800 directv and enter extension 711
2) this is a side effect of the superpactch that enables HMO there's a hack for it called superpatch67_standby or somesuch that will put standby back on the front page

[gcrew]

I used a new virgin Maxtor 300 GB drive tonight, and following the instructions, I got it ready for installation into my hr10-250. I will be installing the drive tomorrow night. I noticed when reading what was happening on onscreen, there was an option to save existing recordings. Since I am keeping my original hard drive as a backup, if I re-run the installation, and connect my old drive as well as the new one, will it transfer my existing recordings and season passes to the new drive?

[Gunnyman]

no you need to do that on your own.
Check the links to the hinsdale instructions on the Zipper page

[kimsan]

Hey Gunny,

Just separated "MRV Functionality for HR10-250s" as a link on the main zipper wiki page. Hope that helps for future questions.

Quick q and I'll try to keep it TCF safe.

I can be "distracted" by TiVo shows on my PC, but the same process doesn't seem to work for XM audio only programs. The "tool" doesn't seem to handle them properly.

Would TheY stream and be useable?

Gonna try for myself anyway, but if this is old news I've missed any mention of it.

[Gunnyman]

I don't think so
I imagine the same "make a manual recording" hack we used to use for music choice is still in effect.
as far as I know, the music can't be saved.

[kimsan]

I don't think so
I imagine the same "make a manual recording" hack we used to use for music choice is still in effect.
as far as I know, the music can't be saved.

Bummer.

I can (through TWP) manually record whatever I can view live. THose recordings can be played back later on the box of origin or relayed to another (HR10-250s, so no TiVo MRV). The recordings *are* transportable.

If I learn something new this weekend I'll add something to the wiki.

Otherwise it's back to the "sneakernet" for audio.

Thanks for the input.

[Willy]

Make sure you entered the router IP address correctly. It sounds like it can't find the DNS server list which is usually specified in the router setup.


My router is connected to the Internet. That's what I'm using now. So the Tivo should be connected to the Internet. If I did make a mistake in assigning the router IP address during the Zipper process, how do I go in to change the IP settings in the Tivo? Do I have to start from scratch or is there some command lines which I can edit the network settings?

I can ping outside IP address with the Tivo if I use the numeric IP address. So I am getting to the Internet. But ping fails if I try to use a url like www.mastersav.com. So this looks like a DNS Problem with my router. However from my computer browser I can type in URLs and they will resolve without a problem. So I think my ISP DNS server is working. How do I get URLs from the tivo to be resolved by the DNS Server? What DNS server should I use?

I have managed to install TivoWebPlus. Will this help me change the IP settings? Thanks.

[rbautch]

My router is connected to the Internet. That's what I'm using now. So the Tivo should be connected to the Internet. If I did make a mistake in assigning the router IP address during the Zipper process, how do I go in to change the IP settings in the Tivo? Do I have to start from scratch or is there some command lines which I can edit the network settings?

I can ping outside IP address with the Tivo if I use the numeric IP address. So I am getting to the Internet. But ping fails if I try to use a url like www.mastersav.com. So this looks like a DNS Problem with my router. However from my computer browser I can type in URLs and they will resolve without a problem. So I think my ISP DNS server is working. How do I get URLs from the tivo to be resolved by the DNS Server? What DNS server should I use?

I have managed to install TivoWebPlus. Will this help me change the IP settings? Thanks.
There is a TWP module to change network settings. See the Zipper Wikki for DNS information.

[Willy]

Thanks for helping me out. I read the Zipper Wiki regarding DNS. I looked in my /etc directory and the only file there was resolv.conf. I did not see the hosts file of /etc/nsswitch.conf . I would like to have option 1 which is preferred but I don't really understand why my setup is not correct. Isn't zipper supposed to default to this option, since I did everything in standard form according to the zipper page instructions. Alas...

I also looked at sourceforge to find the network module but I could access the link for the module page: http://alt.org/wiki/index.php/TiVoWeb%20Modules.

I'm at a loss, but making progress. Thanks for your help.

[blueshoo]

Quick note on adding a username/password and/or changing the port for TWP: be sure to change any scripts/cron jobs that access the TWP to accommodate the username/password and/or port, else they will not work.

For example, one would need the URL http://Username:Password@10.10.10.10:8088/xyz to access the xyz module on a tivo running on ip address 10.10.10.10, port 8088, with a Username and Password.

I believe I modified /enhancements/TWPrestart.sh (Zipper-defined alias twprs uses this) and the appropriate entry in the root cron job which restarts TWP nightly. Both of these access the /quit command.

[MCI]

If I zipper my tivo, can I still install TiVoWebPlus/TiVoWeb?

[Gunnyman]

twp is part of zipper

[MCI]

twp is part of zipper


Thanks, now I need a USB wireless, on the way to Best Buy "OPEN" "OPEN" "OPEN"

From the hundreds of posts I read last night, I looks fairly simply. I'll follow up later with progress!

Neil

[BK89]

Help! I downloaded the "Tracker" module for TWP and added the tracker.itcl to the modules directory and restarted TWP. Now, I lost access to tivoweb and can no longer FTP to the TIvo (to delete this file). ANybody know what I did wrong??

I got the username, password and port setup successfully...

[rbautch]

Thanks for helping me out. I read the Zipper Wiki regarding DNS. I looked in my /etc directory and the only file there was resolv.conf. I did not see the hosts file of /etc/nsswitch.conf . I would like to have option 1 which is preferred but I don't really understand why my setup is not correct. Isn't zipper supposed to default to this option, since I did everything in standard form according to the zipper page instructions. Alas...

I also looked at sourceforge to find the network module but I could access the link for the module page: http://alt.org/wiki/index.php/TiVoWeb%20Modules.

I'm at a loss, but making progress. Thanks for your help.They are two separate file and should bot be in /etc. If they are not, then something is wrong with your image. Try setting your DNS using the TWP netconfig module and see if that works.

[BK89]

I also lost Telnet access but MRV still works between the two Tivos (although it took a little longer to populate on the Now Playing List). What happened? I had it working so well...

[rbautch]

try rebooting

[willardcpa]

try rebootingOMG, Russ has gone to work for DTV! :D

[Gunnyman]

OMG, Russ has gone to work for DTV! :D
Or Microsoft :p

[skw]

Two problems:
1) The guide listing shows ALL of the channels, even though I have set both "Channels I Receive" and "Favorite Channels" in the setup menu. Someone had suggested Clear&Delete for guide locals problems, but I didn't want to run that for fear of messing up any hacks. Also, Gunnyman suggested rerunning guided setup to another guide problem, but I can't find that option anywhere now.

2) I have an item "Promo List" in my Messages & Setup menu that contains just garbage markup language. It also looks like Standby is only in that menu not the root. Should I be editing these menu configurations somewhere or is that normal?


1) In the guide, you have an option to view "All", "Favorites", or "Channels I Receive". Did you change this setting? I think it is Enter when you are viewing the Guide.

2A) I was getting the Promo there for less than 2 days with garbage in it, and then it went away by itself. I wouldn't worry about it.

2B) The standby script can be found here: http://www.************.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44308&page=2
Thanks Gunny! I found it right away after I knew what I was looking for. That's really cute! TCF considers the name of that "other place" a dirty word. But go there, search for "superpatch standby", read the first thread, and there is a link to this thread about half way down.

[Gunnyman]

it's called superpatch67standby.tcl

[BK89]

I have tried rebooting a bunch of times. Still can't access via TWP or FTP. When i try to telnet I get:

"Could not open connection to the host, on port 23: connect failed"

But MRV works fine with the other Tivo...And ping works fine.

[Willy]

They are two separate file and should bot be in /etc. If they are not, then something is wrong with your image. Try setting your DNS using the TWP netconfig module and see if that works.


Thanks. I did find that all the files were there. I looked at resolv.conf and I saw:

search localdomain
nameserver 192.168.0.1

My router is at 192.168.0.1. I changed it to my ISPs DNS server and then the tweak script was able to work since the search for the latest script was able to proceed. It was failing before, aborting the whole script. Do you think you might want to make the download check an option?

Anyways, after rebooting, I looked at resolv.conf and it changed back. Do you know why this is happening? Is it a problem with my router? I am able to type URLs into my compter browser which goes through the same router and it works fine. Why not the Tivo? Hmmm....

But thanks...Zipper and enhancements running fine. Just trying to get more informed about this wonderful process before I tackle my wife's HR10-250. Can't mess that one up...

[Hugh1966]

I was dumb enough to enter a bad IP address when I was zippering my tivo. Is there anyway I can get in and change it, or do I need to yank the hard drive out and rezipper it?

Thanks,

Hugh

[MCI]

OK, finally got started. I am stuck on step "D".

Command Prompt reads: PTVupgrade /#

I tried mounting the cdrom (Tools CD) changing the drive letter from c-g, and no luck:

I enter this: mount /dev/hdc /cdrom
All I get is: mount: /dev/hdc: unknown device

[skw]

I was dumb enough to enter a bad IP address when I was zippering my tivo. Is there anyway I can get in and change it, or do I need to yank the hard drive out and rezipper it?

Do you have a serial cable that you can use to make the connection? You could fix it that way.

Depending on how "bad" the IP address is, you may be able to reconfigure the rest of the network to make it work. Is it just conflicting with something else? Turn that other thing off and/or change the address of that other thing.

Yes, you could pull the drive out to fix it.

Anyone else have more suggestions?

[skw]

OK, finally got started. I am stuck on step "D".

Command Prompt reads: PTVupgrade /#

I tried mounting the cdrom (Tools CD) changing the drive letter from c-g, and no luck:

I enter this: mount /dev/hdc /cdrom
All I get is: mount: /dev/hdc: unknown device

Is your CDROM set as Master or Slave, and is it on the primary or secondary controller? That is how you should tell what drive to mount.

Are the jumpers set right for both that drive and the other drive on that controller? (Probably, or you wouldn't be able to boot from the CD... you are booted from the CD right?)

[MCI]

Is your CDROM set as Master or Slave, and is it on the primary or secondary controller? That is how you should tell what drive to mount.

Are the jumpers set right for both that drive and the other drive on that controller? (Probably, or you wouldn't be able to boot from the CD... you are booted from the CD right?)
CDROM set on Slave, HD set on Master on the primary
Yes, I did boot from the PTV disk

* Both CDROM and HD are on the primary controller

[rbautch]

I was dumb enough to enter a bad IP address when I was zippering my tivo. Is there anyway I can get in and change it, or do I need to yank the hard drive out and rezipper it?

Thanks,

HughNo, run the script called net-launch.sh in /enhancements.

[rbautch]

CDROM set on Slave, HD set on Master on the primary
Yes, I did boot from the PTV disk

* Both CDROM and HD are on the primary controller
If CD ROM is set to secondary slave, then you're mounting the wrong drive letter.

[rbautch]

Thanks. I did find that all the files were there. I looked at resolv.conf and I saw:

search localdomain
nameserver 192.168.0.1

My router is at 192.168.0.1. I changed it to my ISPs DNS server and then the tweak script was able to work since the search for the latest script was able to proceed. It was failing before, aborting the whole script. Do you think you might want to make the download check an option?

Anyways, after rebooting, I looked at resolv.conf and it changed back. Do you know why this is happening? Is it a problem with my router? I am able to type URLs into my compter browser which goes through the same router and it works fine. Why not the Tivo? Hmmm....

But thanks...Zipper and enhancements running fine. Just trying to get more informed about this wonderful process before I tackle my wife's HR10-250. Can't mess that one up...
There's already a download check. If the download fails, the script offers to append you hosts file with your routers IP or DNS addresss. Not sure why your resolv.conf edits didnt take.

[MCI]

If CD ROM is set to secondary slave, then you're mounting the wrong drive letter.
I got the CD mounted on hdb now reads: PTVupgrade /cdrom#

sh zipper.sh script: No such file in directory...got to unmount and check disc.

thanks

[rbautch]

OMG, Russ has gone to work for DTV! :D
If that was true, I'd tell you to power cycle your device. ...or is that Comcast?

[MCI]

I got the CD mounted on hdb now reads: PTVupgrade /cdrom#

sh zipper.sh script: No such file in directory...got to unmount and check disc.

thanks
I checked the tools CD and everything is there.

When I mount the CDROM:
/dev/hdb: Success
mount: block device /dev/hdb is write-protcted, mounting read-only
/dev/hdb: Read-only file system

Step "F" PTVupgrade /cdrom# sh zipper.sh
Still getting: zipper.sh: zipper.sh: No such file or directory

[BK89]

Soooo I guess I am gonna need to re-install an image and then re-run zipper on my Philips dsr7000. Although MRV still works, I cannot get access through TWP or FTP or Telnet (since trying to install the "tracker" module for TIvoWeb). I already have the Instant Cake image from a Samsung 4040r (6.2), can I use this image on the dsr7000 or do I need to download a model specific image? Also, will I need to re format the hard drive first, or does instant cake take care of that?

[bengalfreak]

Soooo I guess I am gonna need to re-install an image and then re-run zipper on my Philips dsr7000. Although MRV still works, I cannot get access through TWP or FTP or Telnet (since trying to install the "tracker" module for TIvoWeb). I already have the Instant Cake image from a Samsung 4040r (6.2), can I use this image on the dsr7000 or do I need to download a model specific image? Also, will I need to re format the hard drive first, or does instant cake take care of that?


Before you rezipper and lose your recordings, why don't you pull the drive and check your rc.sysinit.author file and see if the telnet and FTP commands are still there? Unless of course you have MRV'd all your recordings to another DTivo and re-zippering is easier.

[Gunnyman]

Soooo I guess I am gonna need to re-install an image and then re-run zipper on my Philips dsr7000. Although MRV still works, I cannot get access through TWP or FTP or Telnet (since trying to install the "tracker" module for TIvoWeb). I already have the Instant Cake image from a Samsung 4040r (6.2), can I use this image on the dsr7000 or do I need to download a model specific image? Also, will I need to re format the hard drive first, or does instant cake take care of that?

don't get so extreme there's no need to re-image
just run zipper.sh and tell it NOT to re-image the drive.

[BK89]

So if I re-run Zipper.sh and tell it to not re-image the drive, will I lose all the recordings?

[Gunnyman]

ummm
no